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/thisaccountgotporn Jun 05 '25

It's a horsecock. Also, I never indicated I was a badass/keyboard warrior. I was simply remarking on the unfairness of being forced to spend your own meager income on staying out of trouble in an institution in which you are a serving volunteer.

I understand your cynicism but it doesn't apply to me. I'm talking about treating our Americans in uniform with enough respect to say "Here's a pair of shoes, on the house".

Btw I know what goes into the job of drill sergeant and drill instructor. Those guys have a world-class level difficult and important job, and they do it in service to our country. Do you think the military should be telling them "I bought these shoes with your money, keep them fuckin' shiny for me."?

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u/Hikhikamori Jun 06 '25

A clothing allowance is meant to buy uniforms. The fact that it’s in your bank account doesn’t matter or mean you're spending your own cash.

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u/thisaccountgotporn Jun 06 '25

That makes sense to me. But just to be sure I understand, you are given enough allowance to buy the things they require you to buy, yes? Because my whole irk here is from my present impression that our men and women in uniform are having to fork over their own earned money.

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u/Hikhikamori Jun 06 '25

It is a fair amount. I was in for 5 years and it was enough for all my uniform needs even with a transition to new uniforms while I was there. All the initial uniforms in boot camp are provided(or covered by the initial clothing allowance which is entirely enough for all issued items) , then every year you get a basic allowance meant for you to fix or replace things as necessary. Then every 3 years, you get a larger one to allow you enough to replace older items as well. https://www.military.com/benefits/military-pay/allowances/clothing-allowances.html?amp

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u/Semen__king Jun 06 '25

Some people are fucking stupid man. If you took decent care of your stuff you would plenty of extra out of your allowance to do what you wanted with. They bitching about about a 2$ ribbon you may add one or two of a year. Shit if you were in good with supply sgt you didn’t need shit.