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

Personally it makes me feel good. But at the same time I feel bittersweet because Vietnam vets before me never got that kind of treatment. I owe it to them and there selfless sacrifice to endure such hate and treatment that paved the way for the treatment I and many like me receive today. And for that I salute them and say thank u for ur service and selfless sacrifice.

I am pleased to hear this statement, and for quite some time, I did not have a reply that seemed to fit. My response now is " Thank you it was my honor to serve"

To hear "Thank you for your service." Doesn't bother me a bit and you shouldn't let it bother you either. They are simply appreciating you for what you did or are doing. It doesn't mean you have to go curl up and wither away. That just means go out and do something else that could be of good service to the community. Show them your pride in what you have done and make others want to take that next step and follow in your footsteps. Many young men and women I have known all throughout their high school years, that were getting into trouble, have went into the military and have come home on leave and wanted to see me to express how much they appreciate the fact that I never gave up on them. Thank you is always a great expression of appreciation.

Doesn't bother me at all. I retired after 27 years. If you are still on active duty consider it in present tense like, thanks for your continued service.

I'm one that it affects. I went to a Alabama(the group) concert, on their fair well tour, shortly after getting back from Iraq. When they said it I started crying uncontrollably and had to go outside. It's 12 years later and I still feel odd and don't know how to respond.

Why should a person saying "Thank You For Your Service" bother you? To me, it is a sign of respect for me and the military for protecting this country. It may bother some people because they don't know what to respond. I always say, "Thank You For Your Support." After all without the respect and generous support for us by the people of the United States the military wouldn't be in business very long--taking the rest of the free world with them.

I respond with; it was an honor and a privilege "but" serving was NO "Pleasure".
Members of our Armed Forces are entrusted with the weaponry very capable of mass destruction. President Obama condons his trust with Homosexual’s to be the guardians of such weaponry. That decision reflects a serous lack of sound judgment.

Military Service was a rewarding and challenging way of life. The promotion of homosexuality is not a challenge it’s a bridge to burn not to cross.

I always try to say, "Thanks for your support". That way its not one sided because it has already started. The same type of liberals who spit on soldiers at the San Francisco Airport returning from Vietnam are beginning to verbally attack soldiers again as our popularity wanes. Yes liberals. Before you defend them, make sure you know the difference between a conservative, liberal and a moderate.

I think it is a nice gesture which I both give and receive!

Sometimes it bothers me. When i hear it from someone that never served in the military, it doesn't bother me. When I hear it from a combat veteran it does. I never saw combat, I was never put in harms way like them.

I can even go so far as to say I don't feel like i belong when I'm at a ceremony with veterans and i never saw combat.