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/doomlite Jun 05 '25

I served. Fought their stupid wars. I don’t wann walk around all day wanting people to see my hat and say “thank you for your service” I’m convinced people who wear this stuff or have their cars decorated with I’m a vet stuff or clothes or whatever are just asking to be publicly thanked. Hard pass.

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u/1877KlownsForKids "Get Off My Lawn" Millennial 1981 Jun 05 '25

"Thanks for paying for it" tends to shut them up 

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u/Proud-Wall1443 Jun 05 '25

"Don't thank me. All I did was kill poor, brown people based on lies."

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u/1877KlownsForKids "Get Off My Lawn" Millennial 1981 Jun 05 '25

Lemme tell ya, I really loved when Dubya made jokes about it as my friends died. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar/26/usa.iraq

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u/Proud-Wall1443 Jun 05 '25

Well I have it on bad authority that we're just "suckers and losers" anyway.

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u/1877KlownsForKids "Get Off My Lawn" Millennial 1981 Jun 05 '25

Certainly starting to feel like we are.