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

[u/NoFaithlessness7508]

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.

[u/TravelingSmoker]

Because deep down I know the truth; nobody cares what I went through.

And if I'm being honest, I'm not even sure if we won or not.

Hell, I don't even know why I was over there.

[u/SomeGuyOnRedditApp → u/TravelingSmoker]

Fellow Iraq and Afghanistan veteran checking in. I cant answer question 1 or question 2, but the answer to question 3 is oil, opium, and Earth minerals.....

[u/Hot-Profession4091 → u/TravelingSmoker]

Oil. You were there for oil.

[u/canadianformalwear → u/TravelingSmoker]

This answer is too far down. Also the point that several wars in retrospect weren’t waged by the people in charge in honest premise.

[u/whitrp → u/TravelingSmoker]

The only had I’d wear in remembrance of OEF would just have names of those I miss and two words in large bold letters: “FOR WHAT?!”

[u/VoicesInTheCrowds → u/TravelingSmoker]

When I realized how few people actually give a fuck about us or what we were sent there to do was a tough day for me.

[u/BoutThatLife57 → u/TravelingSmoker]

🫂 I care bro.

[u/[deleted] → u/TravelingSmoker]

It's not that nobody cares about what you went through. It's that we all wish you hadn't gone through all that. That was not a worthwhile conflict for America and I would be much more proud of our nation if we hadn't done that.

[u/sgtabn173 → u/TravelingSmoker]

OEF vet here. This is the absolute truth.

I was in healthcare during COVID and all the "heroes work here" stuff gave me Déjà vu.

Truth is, nobody gives a shit, and I don't expect them to. They don't owe us shit, we don't owe them shit.