Posted on Nov 12, 2023
How do you respond when someone says "Thank you for your service"?
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I've never asked this question, and I've never seen anyone else ask it, but I'm curious. What do you say when someone thanks you for your service?
My Military ID is right next to my driver's license and debit card in my wallet, so it's visible if I have to show my driver's license for something or if I'm taking my debit card out to use. Very often, someone who sees it will ask what branch I was in. Then they will thank me for my service. My usual answer is "Thank you for your support." But I'm curious about how others respond to that.
My Military ID is right next to my driver's license and debit card in my wallet, so it's visible if I have to show my driver's license for something or if I'm taking my debit card out to use. Very often, someone who sees it will ask what branch I was in. Then they will thank me for my service. My usual answer is "Thank you for your support." But I'm curious about how others respond to that.
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While it can, sometimes, make me feel a bit uncomfortable, I always try to be polite. They are trying to be nice, and it's a much better reception than many veterans received back in the 1960's.
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My response is “It’s been an honor to wear the flag on my shoulder for this many years. You should really thank a Gold Star Family. They gave everything.“
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The response to Thank You is ALWAYS Your Welcome. Not yup, uh huh, no problem, etc. You can then say it was my pleasure.
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"Thank you for my support."
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"Thank you for my service."
That gets some looks LOL.
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"Thank you for my service."
That gets some looks LOL.
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I thank them for acknowledging my service. I get it quite often where I live in WV. Anytime I wear my Vietnam Vet hat, someone thanks me for my service. WV is a small state but very patriotic and there are many veterans throughout the state. In fact, I read long ago that based on our population, we have one of the highest percentages of veterans in the country.
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I usually say, "Thank you for thanking me." The responses from there vary. Depending on the age of the other person this has led to discussions of how this was not always so, especially right at the end of the Viet Nam era. Mostly, however, I find the exchange brief, sort of like, "how's the weather" and the other doesn't really listen to whatever you say.
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PO2 (ET-2) Dave Hendrick
"Thank You, I enjoyed my time in the Coast Guard.
I got to spend 18 months in the Mediterranean stationed
on the USCGC Courier, and got to experience another culture
on the Greek Island of Rhodes."
"Thank You, I enjoyed my time in the Coast Guard.
I got to spend 18 months in the Mediterranean stationed
on the USCGC Courier, and got to experience another culture
on the Greek Island of Rhodes."
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I say- You are welcome. It has been the greatest honor of my life and thanks for acknowledging it.
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I think it would depend on my mood at the time. "Your welcome, glad I could help." & such is my most common reply. I served back in the early 1960s so it was not politically correct to even talk to anyone in uniform much less thank them for serving. Myself, I never much cared about such things; I was following the drum, that was all that mattered.
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