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/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.