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

the men and women to put their ass on the line for our country is most certainly got my respect past present and future thank you for your service

It doesn't really bother me, except for the fact that i was in a support position, and I only saw about a week of in theater.

To see Combat Veterans upset about it, I don't understand so much except for the fact that I have always wished I wasn't so technical and joined the ARMY so that I could have seen combat.

Never except for the fact that I have social anxiety. Thank God I have a face for radio only. I was pulled over not long ago for wearing a Halloween outfit and the officer apologized when he knew it was no costume.

I think it bothers some people with combat time to hear it from people who have not served because they don't really understand what they are thanking them for, and that it isn't really appropriate to thank them in some ways because it sort of belittles what they've been through. Thanking someone for an experience where they've lost brothers right next to them feels like "thanx for the coffee". I understand this too and it's not anger at the person saying it, but it's dismay that they don't really understand what it is that they're saying. On the other hand, I'm glad to hear it because it's so overdue for our Vietnam vets who came back to being spit on by the people of the country that asked them to go. It's a very different thing to soldiers of different generations. For Vietnam vets it's an apology for not recognizing their contributions earlier, for WWI or WWII or even Korean vets it's just an nice recognition, but for our newer vets, many of whom are still being told that their efforts are a waste and that their losses and sacrifices are a waste, and that their lost brothers in arms were a waste it's an insult and an arrogant tip of the hat from someone who presumes to support them but doesn't really understand. The current political climate in our country produces a faction of people who are willing to publicly recognize our soldiers, but not value what they've suffered, endured, and fought for because they don't recognize the value of what our current soldiers fought for and believed in. Many people don't recognize that the modern American soldier is a giver and a builder and fights for love more than hate. The modern American soldier is a man who risks his life and spills his blood to make a better world for other people, not for government and corporate entities. The actual people of the middle east and the brothers next to him are the people he fights for, not the government and the people who make money off wars. When the value of his efforts are robbed from him with one hand, and the other hand says "Thank You" it's hypocritical, and he knows it. "Thank You for Service" means something when it comes from someone else who's been in the trenches, but it's presumptuous and arrogant from someone who has not served.

I think it is a wonderful thing. When are brothers and sisters came back the or spit on and called names. Now they are even getting the depreciation they deserve. All of our troups should be thanked.

Yes, it does bother me. Being "young" to the military, I really haven't done anything that I feel the need to be thanked for. It bothers me, but I always politely respond with a "thank you".

Certainly doesn't bother me, but not necessary...I considered it a privilege to serve. Now, if some one said "thank you for your service" to my father (35 B-24 missions; now 94 years old) or father-in-law (25 A-26 missions; now 90 years old) they'd respond "what the hell for?"

It's interesting to me that it does bother me a bit. I joined up for the job and the paycheck, and while I'm happy to have served my country, I didn't suffer much and was never shot at. Somehow accepting thanks for being in submarines seems like someone thanking me for being an American. It's just something I did without ideology or patriotism. That sense has all come lately, now that I'm on the north end of middle age.

Does not bother me at all. Can people show appreciation and gratitude in different ways? Sure but a simple thank you is also fine. We have to remember they may only see one Soldier over a period of time even if they are the 10th person that day that told us. If you don't like it then don't complain when a celebrity does not want to sign and autograph or take a picture. They also have forgotten that they may be asked 100 times a day but many of those asking will only see them once in their life. I see a correlation there

Not at all. But just like anything else; it's all about perception and how the message is received.