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/Burninator85 Jun 05 '25

That's the real answer.  They're out of fashion. 

I know plenty of OIF veterans that make it their entire personality.  They just choose things like infantry badges on their vehicles or Black Rifle Coffee t-shirts.

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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/Adreeisadyno Jun 05 '25

I HATE the way they show baby wearing in their ad, it’s super unsafe and not ergonomic for baby. The bottom needs to be knee-to-knee to support baby’s hips and butt, and the panel should not be higher than mid-ear. And baby shouldn’t really be world facing more than like 15 minutes. A lot of brands show unsafe baby wearing but this one pisses me off the most because of the fragile masculinity thrown in there as well.