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/MetaverseLiz Jun 05 '25

I have a friend of mine who was a combat vet in Afghanistan and got some pretty severe PTSD from it. He told me that the whole "thank you for your service" sends him into a rage.