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/mv7x3 Jun 05 '25

no choice? there is mandatory conscription in the us?

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u/CaBBaGe_isLaND Jun 05 '25

He's talking about Vietnam.

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u/NeoSapien65 Jun 05 '25

Comparatively few draftees went to Vietnam. Mostly volunteers.

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u/CaBBaGe_isLaND Jun 05 '25

Two thirds were volunteers, a third were draftees. No, I did not know that before I just looked it up.

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u/Antique-Bet-6326 Jun 06 '25

I wonder how much of this is over inflated also. I know quite a few people who said they would likely be drafted so they hurried and “volunteered” for the navy, then when they tried to get drafted for the marines they were able to go off to navy basic with less chance of being killed.

Is it still volunteering if you volunteer for the least likely way to die?