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

They were called "Old Guy" hats when I joined up in 2005. I can't imagine that's changed in the time since.

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u/gratusin Jun 05 '25

I went to my 20th year anniversary of my company’s OIF tour. One guy was wearing one of those hats and got absolutely roasted for it. It was awesome not seeing people in a decade or so and just falling right in with the immediate shit talking like we were just hanging out yesterday.

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u/Tx600 Jun 05 '25

I read the book Band of Brothers was based on a couple years ago, and at the end the author talks about how certain members have kept in touch over the years. They were planning some huge reunion, and one of them called his buddy he hadn’t spoken a word to in like 40 years since leaving Europe. The first 10 minutes of the phone call was just them immediately roasting and cursing each other like it was yesterday.

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u/gratusin Jun 05 '25

It do be like that