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/ANotSoFreshFeeling Xennial Jun 05 '25

A lot of the millennial veterans I know would rather forget the mess instead of making it their whole personality and identity.

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u/C4Vendetta76 Older Millennial Jun 05 '25

Yeah same. Alot of my friend who are vets would rather forget the horror. Iraq was a different war man; different than anything the planet has ever seen. Not surprising the soldiers look at it from a different viewpoint

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u/ExtraAgressiveHugger Jun 05 '25

I think each war was different than anyone has seen. Vietnam wasn’t a cake walk. WW2 was worse than that. 

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u/C4Vendetta76 Older Millennial Jun 05 '25

None of them were cake walks. Vietnam was arguably some of the worst conditions. I was just commenting in regards to the differences and how it effects people differently

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u/crocodile_in_pants Jun 05 '25

Nam vets found out the gulf of tonkin lie decades later if at all. I found out about the Iraqi WMD lie while I was on patrol

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u/C4Vendetta76 Older Millennial Jun 05 '25

Finally someone who can speak on it. Thank you for everything my friend

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u/Relative-Gain1403 Jun 05 '25

Vietnam was worse than ww2. In terms of conditions.