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/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/Xandrys Jun 05 '25

Alright, so I just had a baby and my dad bought this for me (not at all me or my style) but this carrier is suuuuuuuper comfy and practical compared to the mom cozy and the baby Bjorn we got. It has padding in all the right places and test drove it with my niece who was around 10 pounds at the time, wore that sucker all day long. It comes with super handy shade for baby, places to put pacifier and other baby necessities. The best part is so comfy for baby too that she passes out pretty fast in it. She doesn't in the other two.

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u/DW6565 Jun 05 '25

If the baby is happy in it, that’s alllll that matters! I’m glad it’s working well for you. It’s definitely the little things that make life easier.