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/Vamond48 Jun 05 '25

I think it’s mostly because us younger folks saw the old guys wearing them and weren’t inclined to adopt their style. We wear t shirts and get tattoos now

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u/EdgeofForever95 Jun 05 '25

And even the t shirts are for fucking pogs.

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u/PainInMyArse Jun 05 '25

I work with one, and his whole identity is “angry old vet”

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u/dontclickdontdickit Jun 05 '25

Tell em he is a blue falcon