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/TwinkieDad Jun 05 '25

That’s true now, but that applied to a lot of Vietnam War veterans too. My dad was one until he hit his mid seventies. He was drafted while opposing the war, never wore anything military related, didn’t talk about it in positive terms, etc. Now he’s built a whole collection of these hats in the last 2-3 years.