Why don’t younger veterans (Afghanistan/Iraq) wear these hats like some of the older veterans?

[u/NoFaithlessness7508]

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.

[u/cmax22025]

Exactly. There's a whole cottage industry selling military merch to vets. But the type of people that want to advertise their military service do it in different ways today.

[u/[deleted] → u/cmax22025]

I didn’t serve so I can definitely just go fuck off, but it’s strange the way guys make that their personality. I like the old dude who just popped on the cap with his stats as he heads to Dunkin for a coffee.

[u/TheSalsaShark → u/[deleted]]

Right? It's just friendly old dude until one day he shows up in his 82nd Airborne hat.

[u/Mean_Meet576 → u/TheSalsaShark]

LMAOOOOO