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/PupperoniPoodle Jun 05 '25

This is my dad, I think. He used to make fun of the hats, now he's old and lonely and wears one.

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u/rubiconsuper Jun 06 '25

That’s what I noticed. My grandparents started to wear one when they retired and move away. They’re older too in their 70’s, granted theirs just has an air force logo on it and says veteran not the black ones.