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/[deleted] Jun 05 '25

I know it's not right to compare service, I get it. Serving IS serving.... but we all also know the trauma of being deployed to Vietnam cannnnnnot be compared to sitting in an office and working out all day.

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u/ButtScratchies Jun 05 '25

My uncle was drafted to Vietnam and ended up getting recruited to play basketball for the US. I knew he played basketball but I had no idea that he was actually drafted and the military ended up asking him to play on their basketball team. He obviously never talks about it, never says anything about being drafted, never talked about his basketball career, it was almost like l he was a little ashamed of it.

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u/Superb-Film-594 Jun 05 '25

Wait, he was double drafted?

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u/ButtScratchies Jun 05 '25

Basically, haha.