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I saw a 60ish year old man wearing a Desert Storm veteran hat
Posted on 1/30/26 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 1/30/26 at 2:20 pm
We're getting old, baws
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Posted on 1/30/26 at 2:24 pm to SidewalkTiger
I'm 54 and and did Desert Storm and Somalia after entering at 17 years old so yeah plenty guys 60+ are DS veterans. Crazy it feels like yesterday.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 2:28 pm to Scream4LSU
61 and floated with HMM-164(C) on the USS Okinawa.
When I was in high school ('82) Vietnam seemed like a lifetime ago. I remember driving around in the 2000s and it struck me that Desert Storm was further back in history for those high schoolers than Vietnam was for me. Hit like a thunderbolt.
When I was in high school ('82) Vietnam seemed like a lifetime ago. I remember driving around in the 2000s and it struck me that Desert Storm was further back in history for those high schoolers than Vietnam was for me. Hit like a thunderbolt.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 2:44 pm to SidewalkTiger
I’ll never forget buying a So Damn Insane (saddam hussain) T shirt from Walmart in Zachary during Desert Storm.
I also stuffed a couple of crank baits into my ICEE and walked out the door.
I also stuffed a couple of crank baits into my ICEE and walked out the door.
This post was edited on 1/30/26 at 2:45 pm
Posted on 1/30/26 at 2:47 pm to SidewalkTiger
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We're getting old, baws
Yep. I thought you were going to say he was too old to be wearing that and I sadly was coming to correct you.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 3:11 pm to Scream4LSU
A friend of mine's sister is married to a guy who is a marine and he served in Desert Storm, which was soon after he enlisted then served in Afghanistan from early 2002 to I think 2012 or 2013ish.. Went back for under a year in 2015.. Now is a contractor for the Navy. I talked to him a few months ago and he was telling me this. And when I asked what he did for the Navy he said he gets paid to let the navy think they are outsmarting a marine. He is 55, which when you said 54.. reminded me of that.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 4:00 pm to SidewalkTiger
I miss seeing the old guys wearing WWII hats.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 4:09 pm to SoFla Tideroller
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When I was in high school ('82) Vietnam seemed like a lifetime ago
Same for me…I graduated in 83 and it seemed like Vietnam had ended in the distant past!
Posted on 1/30/26 at 4:23 pm to SidewalkTiger
The year I spent in Vietnam (1969) is closer in time to the beginning of World War 1 than it is to the current year, 2026.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 4:26 pm to beachdude
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had a few Vietnam veterans on CRAF flights during that time
Posted on 1/30/26 at 4:45 pm to SidewalkTiger
51 and I did GWOT like a mother fricker.
Yeah, I’m legit old and it’s kinda fricking with me. We all start off invincible and while I’m still in amazing shape, and have decent energy, I am starting to feel old.
Yeah, I’m legit old and it’s kinda fricking with me. We all start off invincible and while I’m still in amazing shape, and have decent energy, I am starting to feel old.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 6:54 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
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Yep. I thought you were going to say he was too old to be wearing that and I sadly was coming to correct you.
Not going to lie, I was expecting to see "Vietnam" on his hat.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 7:01 pm to SidewalkTiger
yeah it surprises me every time I see a Vietnam vet. My uncles were in Nam and they are about to hit 80. I still imagine those guys as being like 50
Posted on 1/30/26 at 7:04 pm to EastWestConnection
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yeah it surprises me every time I see a Vietnam vet. My uncles were in Nam and they are about to hit 80. I still imagine those guys as being like 50
Vietnam guys have taken the place of WWII and Korea, Desert Storm is the new Vietnam, and GWOT is the new Desert Storm.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 7:38 pm to SidewalkTiger
Anyone still have the playing cards with Iraqai leader's pictures on them?
Posted on 1/30/26 at 7:40 pm to RebRxV
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Anyone still have the playing cards with Iraqai leader's pictures on them?
Saw a deck for sale on Marketplace the other day
Posted on 1/30/26 at 7:46 pm to SidewalkTiger
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Vietnam guys have taken the place of WWII and Korea, Desert Storm is the new Vietnam, and GWOT is the new Desert Storm.
yeah thats crazy. sad to see them all gone. My nephew was at the WW2 museum today actually
Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:25 pm to touchdownjeebus
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while I’m still in amazing shape, and have decent energy, I am starting to feel old.
55 was when I went downhill. At 55 I would still say “good once as I ever was”. It wasn’t true, of course, but it felt like it. The dropoff from then to my current 63 is a lot. Still very active, but I have to work out like a fiend just to feel good.
Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:31 pm to SidewalkTiger
Lord. I remember having Desert Storm trading cards
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