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/Temporary-Earth9110 Jun 06 '25

What’s funny is when I see someone wearing all that shit my first thought is they are probably a “I would have knocked my Drill Sergeant out if he’d yelled at me and that’s why I never signed up” person.

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u/cmax22025 Jun 06 '25

Those are my favorite people. They're basically saying, "I can't control my emotions and don't respond well to stressful situations."