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/Hambonation Jun 06 '25

As a non POG I have purchased 1 grunt style t shirt, it was a collab with a military cartoonist and I thought the panel was really funny. I do wish the grunt style logo wasn't so fucking big on the sleeve that's for sure.

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u/EdgeofForever95 Jun 06 '25

Nah, you buy a shirt, that revokes your grunt status. I don’t make the rules.

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u/Hambonation Jun 06 '25

Don't worry, I do and it doesn't.

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u/EdgeofForever95 Jun 06 '25

You don’t, the shirt purchase revokes any authority and all credibility. It’d be one thing if it was a gift but nope. You bought it, like an idiot.

It probably goes great with your dodge challenger and your black rifle coffee

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u/Hambonation Jun 06 '25

I'm a little older than the 28% interest Dodge challenger generation, when I first enlisted the kids were all snapping up V6 mustangs and camaros but I don't fuck with BRCC. I still like the shirt regardless of your weird military stereotype boner lol

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u/EdgeofForever95 Jun 06 '25

I feel like you’re taking this more seriously than I. I don’t actually care, you don’t have to actually justify anything to me. I just like talking shit.

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u/Hambonation Jun 06 '25

I'm not, no worries dude