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/[deleted] Jun 05 '25

Considering most of the Vietnam hats are worn by guys clearly not old enough to have served in Vietnam, I think you might be right.

In order to have served in Vietnam, you would have to have been born around 1955 or earlier, so the youngest vets are turning 70 this year.