None of you should ever feel awkward about us 'civvies" thanking you for your service. Yes you made a choice to join, but there are a lot of us that maybe attempted to join and couldn't. Like me, I wanted to go to the Air Force, but I couldn't because of my hearing issues. 

 

My grandfather, who's 84 years old, served 5 tours in the Korean War, 2-3 in Vietnam, and was a lifer military man. He is the first to go up to any veteran and genuinely thank them for their service. Even more so, he runs a charity called Americans Helping Wounded Veterans which is all about honoring and appreciating someone's sacrifice to their country. 

 

Here is a link to an interview of him

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqJl8wDKUBQ

 

There's plenty of info if you want to know more on how you can contribute to the cause, message me, he's not the best of health and have to go through a different line of communication. 

 

Be proud and know that those of us get what a lot of you in the service did for us, and let us thank you for that. 

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