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Posted: 6/17/2023 11:47:54 PM EST
Like there is “Veteran of the Vietnam War” hats.
Up here there is a lot of them. The Vietnam Nam ones. I have not seen one Iraq war veteran hat. Is that because only Marines would be able to wear them?  |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 11:49:25 PM EST
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There are such hats. . .
But the Vietnam Vet hats are more prevalent because the U.S. has grossly mistreated their VN vets I suppose. |
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Posted: 6/17/2023 11:49:53 PM EST
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Wait until we're are old timers and I'm sure you'll start seeing them
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Posted: 6/17/2023 11:53:57 PM EST
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Posted: 6/17/2023 11:54:45 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Wait until we're are old timers and I'm sure you'll start seeing them Yeah. I don't remember seeing many VN vet hats in the 80s. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:04:15 AM EST
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I prefer my Oceanside special moto shirt with a pitbull salivating over a Barrett .50 saying "You can run but you'll die tired!" surrounded by flames and skulls with flags on each shoulder.
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:07:53 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah. I don't remember seeing many VN vet hats in the 80s. Most of them were POW/MIA rememberance hats. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:09:02 AM EST
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I don’t know how many Viet Nam Veterans live up here, but it’s a lot.
If China invades Alaska, they gotta go against the Viet Nam Warriors and then backed by the IRaq warririors and then backed by the Afghan warriors of the US. Good luck. Sleep easy, North America is most covered. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:10:48 AM EST
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Lots of them..,
https://www.usmilitaryhats.com/desert-storm-veteran-hats/ Vietnam-Desert Storm-Iraqi Freedom |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:12:36 AM EST
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Speaking of which where are the Afghan war hats?
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:13:27 AM EST
[#10]
Those wars never happened, cmon jack.
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:14:15 AM EST
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Quoted: Like there is “Veteran of the Vietnam War” hats. Up here there is a lot of them. The Vietnam Nam ones. I have not seen one Iraq war veteran hat. Is that because only Marines would be able to wear them? Did you do Iraq? Most of the guys who went (in all branches) never saw anything more dangerous than the Puerto Rican E-4 chicks on MWR Salsa Night (regardless of their war stories) so it don't translate to hats. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:18:48 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Did you do Iraq? Most of the guys who went (in all branches) never saw anything more dangerous than the Puerto Rican E-4 chicks on MWR Salsa Night (regardless of their war stories) so it don't translate to hats.  The Drifters - Under the Boardwalk |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:23:28 AM EST
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My favorite are the Vietnam era Veteran hats.
I want to see "GWOT Era Veteran." |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:30:08 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My favorite are the Vietnam era Veteran hats. I want to see "GWOT Ere Veteran." "GWOT Delayed Entry Program Veteran" "Failed MEPS" |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:34:48 AM EST
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Well ya seeee, doing my best Bill Cosby,
The people who think of America as an idea, an experiment, won It's not even antipathy like some Vietnam vets experienced, it's apathy. The real opposite of love |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:39:50 AM EST
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Speaking of which where are the Afghan war hats? Need them custom ordered. Have to make sure you get the NDSM for extra preference points. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:42:23 AM EST
[#17]
I have seen some. Usually it's Operation Iraqi Freedom hats.
Sometimes stickers. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 12:46:58 AM EST
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Posted: 6/18/2023 5:13:57 AM EST
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OP Fail..
But I haven't seen a Persian Gulf-Iraq-Afghanistan hat. I'll be eligible to wear one in a few years. C'mon Chyna! |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 5:28:28 AM EST
[#20]
same reason none of them join the VFW / Legion
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Posted: 6/18/2023 5:48:10 AM EST
[#21]
Bro-Vet T-shirts, ink and stickers are the modern equivalent of the veteran hats of the past.
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Posted: 6/18/2023 5:56:40 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: "GWOT Delayed Entry Program Veteran" "Failed MEPS" We need a "survivor of Knuckles the AEF Doctor" flag. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:03:19 AM EST
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I saw a guy in court Friday with a “operation Iraqi freedom veteran” hat on. It had the ribbons embroidered and everything. He had added a sapper tab, ranger tab, a 29th ID pin, and some other flair that I didn’t get close enough to him to read.
It looked pretty retarded so I didn’t engage in conversation with him to see just how much of a hero he was. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:04:29 AM EST
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Did you do Iraq? Most of the guys who went (in all branches) never saw anything more dangerous than the Puerto Rican E-4 chicks on MWR Salsa Night (regardless of their war stories) so it don't translate to hats. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Like there is “Veteran of the Vietnam War” hats. Up here there is a lot of them. The Vietnam Nam ones. I have not seen one Iraq war veteran hat. Is that because only Marines would be able to wear them? Did you do Iraq? Most of the guys who went (in all branches) never saw anything more dangerous than the Puerto Rican E-4 chicks on MWR Salsa Night (regardless of their war stories) so it don't translate to hats. What pogue bases had MWR? LSA Anaconda and Baghdad Airport? I was mostly at Falcon and Blue Diamond. No MWR. We got shelled all the dam time. In fact the ASP at Falcon got blown up. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:07:53 AM EST
[#25]
The age demographic that tends to buy such things is, I think, just getting to include the GWOT guys. If you want to include the Desert Storm guys I do know a few guys who wear those.
Keep in mind that we still had a draft in viet nam and over the course of that war we still had a broader society involvement. The GWOT commitment fell on a smaller volunteer demographic that had multiple tours over the years we were in the sandbox |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:14:19 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What pogue bases had MWR? LSA Anaconda and Baghdad Airport? I was mostly at Falcon and Blue Diamond. No MWR. We got shelled all the dam time. In fact the ASP at Falcon got blown up. Al Asad. I went through there in 2004 and again in 2008. '04 it was a crap shithole that was taking rocket and mortar attacks a lot. In '08 it was the KBR Mecca. MWR buildings, better chow hall than most places stateside. The big MWR building I saw had sandbags that must have been machine filled and placed, they were so perfect. Wasn't there long enough to see everything, but big difference in 4 years. There was some money sank into that place. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:16:09 AM EST
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The only guy I know who wears an Iraq hat is a raging liberal NIMBY douche who took his wife's name and spent time in a reserve unit in southern Iraq doing fuck all.
I see a bunch of stickers. I seem to run into a bunch of folks from northeast VT that spent time in both Iraq and Afghanistan. I've got a cheesedick AFG/IZ license plate frame. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:19:40 AM EST
[#28]
Short answer, there aren’t as many Iraq vets as Vietnam vets, and of course they’re younger and don’t really do the hat thing yet for the most part.
I think a lot of them are just trying to move the hell on, not with a total memory flush per se, but maybe close. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:21:51 AM EST
[#29]
How about “Cold War Veteran?”
Or “I Survived 2 Years of Hefeweizen.” “I Aced the Red Light District” has a good ring. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:22:18 AM EST
[#30]
My coworker wears one to work.
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:27:47 AM EST
[#31]
I’ve seen one guy with an “Afghanistan vet” baseball hat. He was early 30’s at a kids playground (with his kid).
I asked where he found it, he had it made. Then proceeded to tell me a five minute, long winded story about all the things he did there. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:30:05 AM EST
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:30:16 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I need one of these on a hat. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/60078/coldwar_jpg-2855322.JPG Saw one on an old guy at the VA last week |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:31:04 AM EST
[#34]
Ah yes, the "thank me for my service" hats.
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:34:25 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bro-Vet T-shirts, ink and stickers are the modern equivalent of the veteran hats of the past. That makes sense. I wanna "Delayed Entry Program - Still Waiting" hat. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:35:06 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We need a "survivor of Knuckles the AEF Doctor" flag. Here's one for Grenada  |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:36:22 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: We need a "survivor of Knuckles the AEF Doctor" flag. Here's one for Grenada https://www.combatreform.org/parasavegirl.jpg That's the "Soviet Military Power" version of Brazzers. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:37:57 AM EST
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IDK but I did love those bitchin dragon jackets made out of satin that guys in the neighborhood came home with from Vietnam in the 1960's.
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:38:07 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's the "Soviet Military Power" version of Brazzers. They used to call them "Busy Posters" Speaking of busy posters where's the lawyer J. Nobel Penguin?  |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:38:48 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: IDK but I did love those bitchin dragon jackets made out of that guys in the neighborhood came home with from Vietnam in the 1960's. On satin jackets...heck yeah forgot all about those till you mentioned it...ones made out of poncho liners were "cool" too...  |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:39:02 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How about “Cold War Veteran?” Or “I Survived 2 Years of Hefeweizen.” “I Aced the Red Light District” has a good ring. Sounds like the Vet Reunion I attend every year. I love my guys, but some of them talk about ReForger like it was real  |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:39:59 AM EST
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You can get ones written in Farsi, but they usually have a little damage.
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Posted: 6/18/2023 6:44:05 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My favorite are the Vietnam era Veteran hats. I want to see "GWOT Ere Veteran." That era stuff is some of the most disingenuous BS out there. Either you're a veteran of the Vietnam War or not. Nothing wrong with either option, just don't try to tag along on someone else's work. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 7:22:33 AM EST
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It's an old man thing and those guys aren't old men, yet.
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Posted: 6/18/2023 7:32:00 AM EST
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I think most of us are busy moving on with our lives and not really into wearing the military equivalent of a high school letterman jacket in our late 30's and later years.
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Posted: 6/18/2023 7:32:43 AM EST
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The vendor by the elevators at Seattle VA has some for sale. Guy in the next chair at chemo a couple trips ago was wearing one for Desert Storm.
I've seen several others while at VA, but the number is tiny compared to the Vietnam hats worn. Can't swing a cat without hitting a Nam vet. |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 7:33:28 AM EST
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Meme war veteran
ETA:thank me for my service |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 7:36:24 AM EST
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Quoted: Like there is “Veteran of the Vietnam War” hats. Up here there is a lot of them. The Vietnam Nam ones. I have not seen one Iraq war veteran hat. Is that because only Marines would be able to wear them? @Tesseract I found your marine veteran hat :  
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Posted: 6/18/2023 7:36:27 AM EST
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Quoted: Like there is “Veteran of the Vietnam War” hats. Up here there is a lot of them. The Vietnam Nam ones. I have not seen one Iraq war veteran hat. Is that because only Marines would be able to wear them?  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/18/2023 7:38:54 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There are such hats. . . But the Vietnam Vet hats are more prevalent because And I fixt your last statement. |
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