Happy Veterans Day To All Who Served

[Hadl2Alworth]

I will also humbly offer some unsolicited advice:
many vets suffer from job-related mental health disorders beyond the stereotyped "PTSD"
Trauma runs through the body and mind and affects individuals differently.
All that to say, some vets might get triggered by too big a gesture, so I always recommend a small, quiet but sincere "thank you" and wait a second to make sure it sat well.
Selfishly thinking about my pops, 21 years in the Navy, most in a submarine and the rest on aircraft carriers.
he's a great man but he gets really nervous and awkward when good-meaning people simply walk-up to thank him.
even other (Vietnam) vets will go up to him and sincerely embrace him as tribute to a brotherhood and I can tell he starts having flashbacks in real time.
so FWIW, please try to consider that.
Cheers.

That's a great and sensitive point.