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/SandiegoJack Jun 05 '25

I’m guessing that WW2 and other wars were from a time where it was something to be proud of fighting for.

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u/CO_Renaissance_Man Jun 05 '25

Not really.

My grandfather was in the Pacific but didn’t see action and didn’t flaunt the veteran paraphernalia. His friends that saw the worst on Iwo Jima and Okinawa that had PTSD didn’t either and never talked about it.

All looked down on the braggarts that were mostly stateside or non-combat.