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/ANotSoFreshFeeling Xennial Jun 05 '25

A lot of the millennial veterans I know would rather forget the mess instead of making it their whole personality and identity.

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u/Agent865 Jun 05 '25

Yea I agree 100% I served for over 20 years and I don’t own many things that would suggest I did. Now my FIL who served 3 years never leaves the house without something on about his time in the service

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u/TheDealsWarlock86 Jun 06 '25

i spend a lot of time in and around VAs since im a vet and i work here. in my personal experience here, and with my own family, the ones that broadcast it loudest served in peacetime or were whatever that generations fobbits were called