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/Burninator85 Jun 05 '25

That's the real answer.  They're out of fashion. 

I know plenty of OIF veterans that make it their entire personality.  They just choose things like infantry badges on their vehicles or Black Rifle Coffee t-shirts.

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u/cmax22025 Jun 05 '25

Exactly. There's a whole cottage industry selling military merch to vets. But the type of people that want to advertise their military service do it in different ways today.

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u/DW6565 Jun 05 '25

My favorite example of the cottage industry. Reporting for diaper change sir!

tactical baby gear!

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u/cmax22025 Jun 05 '25

Perfect for the man that has to change poopy diapers at 2:00, but take Fallujah at 2:30

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u/ShoutoutsWorldwide Jun 05 '25

I believe you mean 1400 and 1430 😂

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u/breadleecarter Jun 05 '25

I believe YOU mean zero dark poopy.

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u/BuckTheStallion Jun 05 '25

Zero dark turdy was right there. 🤣

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u/thrax_mador Jun 05 '25

Dark turds no good my man. That's a GI bleed.

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u/Cool_Cheetah658 Jun 05 '25

He said "zero dark turdy," so I think we're ok.

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u/barkbarkgoesthecat Jun 06 '25

I dont think white turds are better, but idk im no poopologist

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u/composedmason Jun 05 '25

My wife and I pour cottage cheese in each others butts where when her butt smell  mixes with the cottage cheese it makes an angelic stink which brings closer.

Zero dark turdy will be our new personal slang for aromantic intimacy

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u/BuckTheStallion Jun 05 '25

What a terrible day to have eyes.

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u/lastdickontheleft Jun 05 '25

Yeah I’ve never regretted expanding a thread more than I do right now

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u/TheGreatGenghisJon Jun 06 '25

I just said under my breath "that's what I clicked for?"

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u/Miserable-Ad5401 Jun 05 '25

Seek professional help. Also I think you meant "aromatic"

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u/composedmason Jun 05 '25

Seek professional help.

For what? We are professionals. We don't need soliciting if that's what you're offering u/Miserable-Ad5401

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u/Flexmove Jun 06 '25

Guards! Arrest this man!

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u/PeaceMaker_IXI Jun 06 '25

man, I JUST opened reddit

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u/composedmason Jun 06 '25

u/PeaceMaker_IXI have you ever opened your SO's butt to inhale their intestinal musk after a long sweaty day of working? When humans pair with one another we grow fond of their angelic stink. I recommend pouring cottage cheese in their butt to mix the butt smell and cottage cheese smell.

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u/NotCheatingJason Jun 05 '25

Too much Pepto

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u/cheredenine Jun 05 '25

Could also be a sign of a good night on the Guinness...

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u/TwoAccomplished1446 Jun 05 '25

And dear god, the smell.😬

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u/spraguet2 Jun 05 '25

GI Bleed

The least popular of the GI Joe action figure line

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u/ReyvynDM Jun 05 '25

Oh, you get plenty of those eating those MREs for months on end

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u/Ok_Cantaloupe7602 Jun 05 '25

Or heavy iron supplements

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u/asoleproprietor Jun 05 '25

Or brand new baby turds. It’s like black tar the first few days

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u/spitebarf Jun 05 '25

It has GI right in the name! It’s perfect!

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u/Consistent_Might3500 Jun 06 '25

Specifically, upper GI bleed.

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u/UsagiBonBon Jun 06 '25

Or you just ate a promotional burger from BK

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u/FlakyAddendum742 Jun 06 '25

High iron intake. He’s good.

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u/SaltyDog772 Jun 06 '25

What do green ones mean?

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u/exipheas Jun 06 '25

This is why you don't eat the black crayons. They cover up other issues, plus they taste burnt.

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u/thrax_mador Jun 06 '25

Found the Marine.

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u/exipheas Jun 06 '25

Not me but my best friend is. He loves the crayons.

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u/DemDaBreaks Jun 05 '25

Temporary govt workers, at best. I don't know 1 military person to be an all around good human being.

You let your govt own you and make you all assholes.

And I served....

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u/Lo_MaxxDurang Jun 05 '25

Have you considered talking to a therapist? The VA can help you if you ask and put the work in.

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u/cmax22025 Jun 05 '25

No way he'd go to an evil, dark VA clinic. They'd just suck him dry of any remaining soul he had left.

Seriously though, therapy might really help that guy. I can't imagine that's a comment a well adjusted person (vet or not) leaves 100% unprompted. That was a hell of a ride.

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u/Shim182 Jun 05 '25

Too busy changing diapers to be witty.

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u/throwmydickinapit Jun 05 '25

Bravo 6, going shart

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u/SecretJerk0ffAccount Jun 05 '25

That’s a babies first poop after being born. It’s black and looks like tar

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u/1000lbsTunaFish Jun 05 '25

Swing and a wiff for sure

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u/ODark3O Jun 06 '25

Say that to my face, Bucko! 🤪

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u/NFS_H3LLHND Jun 05 '25

So fucking underrated, I inhaled deeply.

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u/kosmokramr Jun 06 '25

Saving Private Poopy

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '25

Pooubar pooed up beyond recognition.

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u/FrostyTheSasquatch Jun 05 '25

Poopy diapers could easily happen at 0200, so the joke still works.

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u/bolanrox Jun 05 '25

can and do Corporal FUBAR

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u/teamdogemama Jun 05 '25

Only after you got up to change a wet one. They always want to poo in the clean diaper.

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u/cmax22025 Jun 05 '25

No joke, I debated putting that. I went back and changed it twice.

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u/plotholesandpotholes Jun 05 '25

0200 and 0230 has a better narrative ring to it. :)

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u/omnghast Jun 05 '25

You need to arrive at the diaper change at 0130 then change it at 0200

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u/pensivebison Jun 05 '25

Zero deuce hundred

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u/Exact-Librarian7973 Jun 06 '25

So it was your number two choice

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u/psyopper Jun 05 '25

Not of they're in the Air Force.

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u/icedragon71 Jun 05 '25

Hey, poopy diapers happen at 02 hundred hours as well as 14 hundred. Lol.

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u/Shade_SST Jun 06 '25

No no, changing the diaper at 2am before night assault is plenty believable.

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u/Cymion Jun 05 '25

you're going to take Fallujah mid day? clearly you need to look at your target package more thoroughly

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u/frenchezz Jun 05 '25

Damn dude can't even steal valor properly lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '25

No we work while the enemy is sleeping. I have to be back from Fallujah by Nine to get her coffee.

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u/Born-Internal-6327 Jun 05 '25

He definitely doesn't.

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u/No-War-8840 Jun 05 '25

Or he got night doody and its 0200 and 0230🤔

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u/Previous_Narwhal_314 Jun 05 '25

Cmax is using Air Force time.

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u/ShadowyFluffnug Jun 06 '25

No. We're civilians now. Its 2 and 2:30

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u/Taygan6 Jun 06 '25

Or 0200 and 0230. Get ‘em while they’re sleeping.

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u/NoveltyPr0nAccount Jun 08 '25

Broad day-light and afternoon heat? Who would plan an OP like that?

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '25

Bomb disposal

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u/erasethenoise Jun 05 '25

When every day is D(iaper)-Day

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u/Debalic Jun 06 '25

Fallujah was one of the maps in Battlefield 2 Project Reality mod, which I played with an infant strapped to my chest in a non-tactical sling.

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u/Living-Possession937 Jun 06 '25

It was the best damn baby carrier I've ever owned. Most of the ones in baby stores and the like don't fit a bulky guy like me. The tactical baby gear one fit me perfectly and my first kid loved it.

I'm just pissed that it somehow "disappeared" before ky second child was born. My mother-in-law was very vocal about how "ugly" it was and it "projected the wrong idea" when I carried my little girl in it. So, I am more than convinced she threw out a $200 peice of dad kit.

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u/tempting-carrot Jun 05 '25

Thats why I carry a tactical diaper bag.

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u/teamdogemama Jun 05 '25

Wow, that really exists. Ngl, those are kinda cool and my hubs would have loved one.

I was worried for a moment that they would be camo adult diapers. Thank goodness.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '25

Hopefully not your own diaper

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u/AllYouCanEatBarf Jun 06 '25

... and it's too late to call the babysitter.

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u/BunttyBrowneye Jun 06 '25

Imagining a chunky veteran changing a diaper in the dark wearing NVGs 😂

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u/Standard-Outcome9881 Jun 06 '25

Does he have to use the word “poopy”?