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

I really don't hear it much the last couple years. Then again I don't walk around advertising that I'm a vet. just a couple of people that know me will thank me around Veterans Day. The attitude surely seems to have changed since 10-12 yrs ago. Then again, when I was in in the early 80's we were still getting called "babykillers" or "Rambos" and would not dare go out in public in uniform. Times have changed and so has the Army. Regardless, it's still nice to be thanked and recognized. Hooaahh, and GO HAWKS!

Actually it kind of feels uncomfortable for some reason. It was my duty as a True American to due my time. Actually 17.25yrs until they did a RIF. Did not even consider medical issues received in the service.
So I got nothing. However going straight to the V.A. and filed my claims. Eventually I had the D.A.V. help me get it raised all the way. I am listed as a 100% disabled veteran (unemployable). The military does screw the vet over just like the politicians. By chance check and see how many of them "did their fair share of time". I consider them as useless cowards that are over paid screwing not only the vets but all the "U.S. citizens"

No what's awkward is how do you respond to that

It doesn't bother me to be thanked for my service but I'll tell you something I was reminded of last Saturday at a gun show . This gentleman working one of the tables thanked me and another gentleman there for our service and the other man said that when he see's a vietnam vet that instead of thanking them for their service that he should say Welcome Home . Because they were never welcomed back and told to not wear there uniforms and the like.It was a good reminder and a stark contrast as to how vets were treated then and now. Shouldn't matter if its a popular war or not the ones who fought it should always be respected.

I love it especially when it precedes, "and enjoy this free adult beverage!"

The response to this single guestion has been fantastic. Not only for the "welcome home", but the "thank-you"s". Truly the y are all greatly appreciated, but being that it has been so many brothers and sisters in arms is so great. My only wish would be that the thousands before us, the 57,000+ in my time and the thousands after could hear and know our graditude and love. My hero's are bared in graves around the world and I know the greatest "welcome home", will come from them when I leave this world. I truly hope that each of us can find a moment in our lives to look towards the heavens and say "thank-you" to all the brave brothers and sisters who can't hear it from others.

Doesn't bother me in the least. I wear my Viet Nam Veteran cap frequently & have had people buy me lunch, pay for my groceries as well as thanking me. Perhaps you should re-think your interpretation.

Yes it bothers me, hell it was my job, I got paid.

I both appreciate it and resent it. It is good that people are finally realising that Veterans have made sacrifices, but I am starting to see it as an empty statement, not meaning that much more than saying "God Bless You" when someone sneezes! If people REALLY appreciated our service they would be writing their Senators and Representatives about better VA treatment and cost-of-living allowance for retired Service Members. People love to say thank you, but rarely take the effort to SHOW it!

Not a bit. For a Vietnam era vet to be thanked is a real treat.