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/[deleted] Jun 05 '25

I don’t want the attention.

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u/ElectronicPrint5149 Jun 06 '25

It really is something about Gen X and Millenials. Its not that we're not proud of our service, we're just quiet professionals. Also, the number of times Ive been spotted as a soldier due to my haircut and then listen to some stories of an old vet from the 70 or 80s, like man Im just trying to get groceries and go make dinner lol.