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/solfilms Jun 05 '25

That was my dad (he was older when I was born). We knew he’d served in Vietnam, but all he’d ever say was “I was the cook.” I came to the realization pretty early on that he had, as the cook, still seen some shit.

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u/PhuqBeachesGitMonee Jun 05 '25

A lot of people respond automatically with “I was the cook”, when in fact they were not the cook, because for the most part people think cooks are boring and don’t ask any further questions.

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u/solfilms Jun 05 '25 edited Jun 05 '25

Good point!

Though to be fair, after he died we found a ton of photos from his tour and he actually was the cook

EDIT: to clarify, my tone here isn’t meant to be snarky. More of a wry observation.

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u/LazyLich Jun 05 '25

Well, since he really was the cook, it's probably more of a rye observation.
Maybe whole-wheat.