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

First I apologize for being away for so long. I've been working on getting my second book published and out.

Yes, I did what I did not to be recognized, but to server my fellow Americans and my family. For those that enjoy it, please don't be offended. I'm the same way with awards. While they are a necessary evil if you want to be promoted, I know if I did my best or not. An award isn't going to tell me.

Not at all. I appreciate that people appreciate me and what I do. Sometimes it gets a litte uncomfortable but only with best intentions in mind!

It really used to bother me.. I didn't always know how to respond to the accolades.. But one day an old WWII hero shook my hand and said, "thank you for your service to our Country.".. I kind of shrugged it off.. with a "no, no... thank you... he said, " it was "OUR" honor son, an honor, that those that have never served Her will ever know.".. so from then on I just say,.. It was my honor.. and it was.

I do make it a point to say it, and to say "From one veteran to another, Thank-you"

Most of the time, I DO NOT get a "Thank-you" in return from fellow veterans. Sometimes I might get one from a stranger, but half the time, even my family forgets. I put in a career, and still they forget.

I don't know why, women have been serving officially in uniform since World War I, and women have been in the Army Nursing Corps since the Spanish American War.

Letting you guys know, this is a very touchy subject for your sisters in uniform.

It does not bother me one bit when an American citizen thanks me for my service. The first few times it happened it actually was a humbling experience. I did not feel that my service was appreciated until then. I realized that there were and are Americans that truly thank us service men and women for what we do to protect our freedoms. I look upon my time of duty as doing the job I signed up for, the good and the not so good. Many do not have what it takes to be willing to make the sacrifices that we have. If it bothers you when an American thanks you for serving out country, you may need to look inward not to those who offer their gratitude.

Nope! I have learned a very appropriate response, "It was an honor." (Smile, shake hands, walk away)

No, it doesn't bother me. It's nice to know that there are people who appreciate our service.

Today, I like the "thank you for your service" part better than the "spit in your face baby killer" mantra, from another era.

No it doesn't bother me because it seems heartfelt when it happens and when I see WW2 and Vietnam Vets I thank them. Where I live now is full of Vets and I have always been in areas that were near Bases where Vets tend to retire so when a few years back I was visiting a friend in Rose Hill Tenn in the Rockies I found out there are places where Vets are few and far between we went to the VFW because his Dad wanted to show us off and being in our 30's we were the youngest by a Long shot and the Members told us stories of their time in WW2 and Korea and Vietnam it seemed like when we were at War they answered the call but during peacetime the Military wasn't what young people did and their Post was dying out and That Bothered me

I tell active duty personnel I meet "Thank you for your service." I tell retired and former military personnel the same. I make no distinction.

Having served at the end of Vietnam, and having been cursed and spat upon by the idiot peaceniks, I am happy and proud to be recognized for my service, no matter how long ago that may have been.