How do you respond when someone says "Thank you for your service"?

Thank you, it was an honor

Thank You

You are welcome, my honor to serve.

Over the years they have become just words people say. This is no longer the America I honorably served.

i usually say either you are welcome or thank you

I use, “Thank you for your support.”

I respond. “Thank you for your support.”

IMO, its difficult to except thanks when you have been demeaned, insulted and attacked in this country as baby killers during and years after Nam! How many thank u's are really sincere and how many are just empty show. You'd have had to serve back in the 60s to really understand this. When people thank me for serving, in some ways it saddens and hurts. I'd almost rather not be thanked then to be reminded of the past. At times when being thanked, I think: "If they only knew what it was really like, returning not just with no honors, but absolute disdain. If you wore a military uniform, you could pretty much count on the coming insults. We should have been proud of wearing our uniforms and serving, but sadly that was not the case. So, for the most part, you can thank me by not thanking me.

That is why, when people thank me for my service, I answer back "appreciated" in an empty sort of way and just quickly move on!

"Thanks, it was my pleasure for the most part." Which usually brings a chuckle.

I never thanks you to any one due to My did receive ay benefits from VA