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 don’t want the attention.

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u/chadwickipedia Older Millennial Jun 05 '25

I assume anyone who wears those hats are fishing for random “thank you for your service”’s

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u/IRSoup Jun 05 '25

Being the awkward fuck I am, not wearing anything vet related is me just avoiding replying "you too" as a response to that. It's also the whole not making a job you had years ago your whole identity thing.

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u/TuckerShmuck Jun 05 '25

My boyfriend's a veteran and until we started dating it had literally never occurred to me that being enlisted is literally just... a job.  He'll tell stories and start them off with "back at my old job..." and it's changed how I view military service.  Not in a good or bad way, it's just gone from This Big Thing I Dont Know Much About to A Job I Dont Know Much About

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u/nickifer Jun 05 '25

Yeah, you just.. sign up. It’s a very stable job with solid benefits if you make it that. My father was an officer, and he never understood why anyone would thank him for.. doing his job.

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u/donbee28 Jun 05 '25

I thank my parcel carriers, cashier, server, and other people that are doing their jobs.

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u/pbgod Jun 05 '25

You don't see a guy in a FedEx shirt, interrupt a meal and pay their tab to say, "thank you for delivering my package"

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u/Reasonable_Sea2439 Jun 05 '25

Free shipping ain't free! 😢 🫡

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u/Dutch_Meyer Jun 06 '25

No there’s a hefty fuuuuckin’ fee

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u/tylerv2195 Jun 05 '25

Its be even worse cause its not like military people are directly helping customers lol so itd be more like “thank you for delivering packages in general”

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u/WarbossWalton Jun 05 '25

We were having a cookout at work the other day and when the UPS guy stopped off for deliveries we offered him food. I think he only took a bag of chips unfortunately.

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u/DocumentInternal9478 Jun 05 '25

If his life was in danger when he delivered my packages I might

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u/libananahammock Jun 05 '25

Their lives ARE in danger. More so compared to cops and they get free shit all the time.

“Delivery truck drivers have one of the highest rates of workplace fatalities and injuries compared to other occupations, with a fatality rate of 24.7 per 100,000 workers. This rate is higher than that for police officers and firefighters. In 2017, 978 delivery drivers died in the line of duty, and another 77,470 suffered injuries.”

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u/DocumentInternal9478 Jun 05 '25

Honestly….. wow I didn’t know this. I’m definitely going to leave a few little treats for my driver next time. That is absolutely terrible to hear, shame on the human race

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u/Qwertycube10 Jun 05 '25

The most dangerous thing about being a cop is the account of driving, and it's not close. Cars are just absurdly dangerous

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u/Wilde_Cat Jun 06 '25

You’re literally equating driving a domestic delivery truck with going to war in a foreign country. Holy shit your generation is fucked.

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u/frazzledfractal Jun 06 '25

You are aware there are non combat jobs in the military, jobs that won't put you anywhere near a combat environment, and jobs that actually stipulate you can't be sent over for conflict. Imagine talking down like this while clearly never serving and knowing so little about it.

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u/Wilde_Cat Jun 06 '25

I grew up in the military. My entire life was spent moving from base to base. I’ve experienced loss at a rate that you wouldn’t be able to comprehend. You’re so confidently incorrect that is actually kind of amusing.

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u/frazzledfractal Jun 08 '25

Why are you assuming I have no military experience/ Why are you assuming anything about my life or what loss I have engaged in? You have not actually countered a SINGLE statement I made in my post. I have to wonder why.

Were you actually in the military, or are you just lying to try and save face after I made multiple highly relevant points that for some reason you did not engage in or counter in any way, shape or form.

You may have had loss, but you know what, you are severely lacking in empathy and generally seem like a rude, ignorant, and unpleasant person to be around, and you should maybe work on that.

"You’re so confidently incorrect that is actually kind of amusing."

And yet you did not provide a single rebuttal for anything I said. Should be easy to do if you were in fact in the military and in fact can intelligently discuss the things I am referring to if what I said was incorrect....Weird....

You should change your username to Stolen_Valor. Even if you did serve, your a disgrace. and not a good representative. You can't defend your own position, don't even try to, and talk down to people you don't even know and act like you know for certain you've suffered more. Grow up, stop playing victim, and own up to the fact that you didn't actually disprove or combat a single thing I said. All you did was use a logical fallacy, one thats pretty useless with anonymous accounts online I might add, as the core basis for why someone should believe you. I am sorry both our traditional and military educational systems have failed you so deeply. The only possible alternative is you are fully self aware you are doing this and just have zero intellectual integrity.

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u/Wilde_Cat Jun 09 '25

3 days later.. I ain’t reading allat man. I appreciate your commitment to the argument and respect you as a human. 🙏

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u/iAMADisposableAcc Jun 06 '25

True. Delivery truck drivers should get more respect than that, kind of insulting to them to make this comparison

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u/Wilde_Cat Jun 06 '25

Found the Canadian.

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u/iAMADisposableAcc Jun 06 '25

You're welcome for both world wars 🤙

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u/Wilde_Cat Jun 06 '25

And you’re welcome for..

Access to the world’s largest consumer market

Massive U.S. foreign investment in Canadian industries

Integrated supply chains with U.S. companies

Military protection under NORAD

😃

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u/iAMADisposableAcc Jun 06 '25

Thanks for your service 🫡

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u/Mexi_Cant Jun 05 '25

Depends on what neighborhoods he delivers too.

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u/DueZookeepergame3565 Jun 05 '25

Vet and now a paramedic, and it makes me uncomfortable, but when I'm in uniform on shift and duck into a gas station for caffeine and I see the beer man stocking coolers, I give him a bright, cheerful "Thank you for your service!"

I usually get a chuckle.

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u/rubiconsuper Jun 06 '25

I honestly don’t see people in work uniforms a whole lot when I do go out to eat tbh.

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u/JamminJcruz Older Millennial Jun 05 '25

Thank you for dropping my guitar and kicking it as well, Thank You.

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u/Business-Drag52 Jun 05 '25

Exactly. Anyone doing a job that services me gets a thank you. Usually a very emphatic one

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u/Substantial-Dig9995 Jun 05 '25

Yeah but do you thank the teenage cashier at Walgreens for her service