Tell them THANK YOU!
I can't tell you the number of times someone has stopped me & Gary & told him/us "thank you for your service" It always gets me choked up.
My favorite time this happened to us was when we were living in Carlsbad and we were in the check out lane at the grocery store. It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon & we were buying some non-essentials ie: Breyers chocolate ice cream & Bacardi mixers. And older gentleman was standing in line behind us and asked Gary if he was in the Marines. Gary wasn't wearing his BDUs (battle dress uniform). Not that it's hard to spot someone in the military especially living in a military town. Gary said yes & the man said "thank you for all you do." I was barely holding it together when the checker asked us how we were going to pay. I paid & Gary talked to the this man a little bit more about military things (I tend to turn off when that starts) But I did notice the hat that he was wearing; a Vietnam veteran baseball cap. I'm not sure if Gary reciprocated the sentiment but I feel bad I didn't.
So thank you, Veteran in the Vons on El Camino Real, for your service & sacrifice for me & my country!
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