Does it bother you to hear "Thank you for your service!"?

I say thanks tso everyone. Veterans, currently serving, police, fire and rescue. I thank them all.

The best part is shaking the hands of a WWII veteran

It doesn't bother me, but it is disconcerting. Don't get me wrong, it's appreciated.

I don't have a real response for it. It's hard to say "You're welcome" to it because we all joined for our own reasons. Responding with a "Thank you for the support" is probably the best answer I've heard, but the entire custom still makes me uneasy. Just because I don't expect thanks or any kind of gratitude.

It makes me a little uncomfortable, but I get that way when anybody gushes about me personally. I'm not a touchie, feelie individual.

I am active but both my mother and father served before me and my grandfather before them. I am currently the 6th generation to serve this Country and I am honored to do so when people thank me for my service I tell them thank you in return for the gesture. I don't do what i do for the money I do it because it is what needs to be done to protect my family and when my time comes and I am finished with my service I will walk away proud of what I have done. I always thank those brave men and women who sacrifice so much for the greater good of the Nation even when the population might not have agreed with the circumstances. I feel that we should be humble when we are given thanks, be proud of your service and show others what it means to serve with pride.

In a sense, it feels about as weird as it would if someone thanked me for doing my civilian job.

"Thank You For Your Service" sounds like something the corporate public relations managers tell their employees to say to soldiers/vets, etc. I usually respond with: "You don't have to thank me. I volunteered and was paid." Most people mean well when they utter the phrase so I don't get upset about it.

The only time it bothers me is when they try to hug me with tears in their eyes. I'm not good at the whole touchy feely thing.

No.
I'm there as the representative of my Branch, and the entire DoD/Armed Forces of the USA. I recieve their thaks on behalf of the aformentioned and all Brothers and Sisters in Arms and reply, "Thank you for your support," because we would rather be thanked than forgotten.

I stumble around and mumble something about 'Thank you for your support'. It does feel a bit strange, because (unlike my Vietnam brothers) I volunteered. I am proud of my service to this great country, I am proud to call my fellow Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen and Coast Guard my brothers and sisters. I am proud that some gave their life for my family and my fellow Americans. I pray for the families of the fallen and hope that they can find peace in their hearts one day.

As several of our sisters and brothers in arms have pointed out, so few of us step up to serve the nation, that it's quite possible that the 99% who do not are left with little else to say. So to that end, I'm delighted that a conversation takes place.
As I find more ways for veterans to succeed on a college campus, I'm reminded that many of my co-workers want to help, they just aren't sure how. My new motto is, "it's not that they don't care, they just don't know." It's at that point that I do my best to educate them on how to lend a hand to make the transition to college that much easier.
Maybe it's time we engage in a longer conversation with the next well wisher.
Here's a new question; When someone says, "thanks for your service", and we reply, our pleasure, what might we ask them?