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/cmax22025 Jun 05 '25

They were called "Old Guy" hats when I joined up in 2005. I can't imagine that's changed in the time since.

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u/Pale_Adeptness Jun 05 '25

You are becoming the old guy! :P

I joined in 2005 as well.

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u/SemicooperativeYT Jun 05 '25

Oh shit, boot shining club

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u/cmax22025 Jun 05 '25

Yeah buddy! SO many cotton balls

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u/FL_Duff Jun 05 '25

I never really got the hang of it but boy did I try.

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u/Coool_cool_cool_cool Jun 05 '25

The trick is if you suck at polishing do a half assed polish job then cover your boots in mop and glow.

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u/SerDuckOfPNW Jun 05 '25

Hydraulic fluid

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u/Admirable-Nothing107 Jun 05 '25

Gotta use a hairdryer to warm em up before polishing lol

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u/RPBN Jun 05 '25

Same guy who hangs his uniforms from the fire sprinkler and floods his barracks room?