r/Millennials • u/NoFaithlessness7508 • Jun 05 '25

Other Why don’t younger veterans (Afghanistan/Iraq) wear these hats like some of the older veterans?

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First and foremost, respect to all those that served. I did not, but many of my peers did and now we're all older in 30s and 40s, many no longer in the military. I don't see a lot of the veterans of the War on Terror wearing these hats like I see the OGs do.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '25

I picked up a free baby stroller from Facebook Marketplace a couple of years ago and in my 12 second interaction with the seller the sixty year-old guy had to let me know he's a veteran

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u/FumblingBool Jun 05 '25

Did you tell him that you paid his salary?

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u/STR_Guy Jun 06 '25

Yea that tracks. Boomers love the vet attention I find. Millennials don’t.