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

I don't mind at all. When someone says to you "Thank you for your service" I think it's like when someone says "Merry Christmas" around the holidays. They are just being kind. I do not celebrate Christmas, but when someone say's "Merry Christmas" I say "Thanks" just like when someone says "Thank you for your service".

Bill Adams 18ZW9

I think it's a kind gesture and I don't feel bad at all because I always respond with "And thank you for your tax dollars". I feel it's appropriate and makes us equal.

I'm glad that people are thankful for what we have done. I thank those who have served before me and continue to thank those who have served and are still serving.

After being spit on and call horrible things I really like "Thank you for your service".
Just one OLD GUY'S opinion.

NO! When I receive a Thank you for your Service I respond with Thank you for your support.

I tell both young and old service folks thank you for their service because I am sincerely thankful. When I came home from VN 45 years or so ago friends and family didn't like to acknowledge that I had served in VN....

I was recently at a Utah Grizzlies game and noticed a Navy Vietnam Veteran in the stands. As I always do, I went down and introduced myself as a fellow veteran, shook his hand, thanked him for his service, and also told him 'Welcome Home'. He was so appreciative and we talked and got to know each other. Great times. I for one love to hear the patriotism from those folks that will acknowledge the service and sacrifice because they appreciate what we have done for the cause of freedom.

I'm rather perplexed by this question. Obviously, SPC Buck witnessed something that caused this question to come up, or he's feeling like it puts him in the spotlight or under a microscope, which can be uncomfortable in itself.

I am ALWAYS appreciative of when people recognize and express thanks for the service I rendered to this nation. I did not sacrifice legs or other body parts, but I sacrificed time and effort in Command at other positions that were not very easy and were always demanding. I put in extra time, unpaid. That was the right thing to do. I invested in my troops personally, and also was the right thing to do. I went above and beyond quite often, and too was the right thing to do.

So, no it doesn't bother me in the least nor should it bother any other current or prior service member of the US Armed Forces.

I think the world would a much better place if a lot of people were told thank you more. My mom was an ER trauma nurse and nothing meant more to her than when people would come back to the ER the next day or after they healed and thank her and the rest of the trauma team for helping them. "Thank you" is a very powerful gift to give and receive.

I have been thanked numerous times...and my response is always the same: "It was absolutely my pleasure." Because it was. I was willing to stand in a gap for those who couldn't/wouldn't.