I have been saying “thank you” for a number of years in my own special way when I travel (not living in a “service” town, I don’t often see Service members except when I fly somewhere). Before I fly I start stocking up on Starbucks gift cards and when I am in the airport I walk around looking for “dusty boots” and give out Starbucks cards to all I can find. I was a soldier once, a long time ago and never met a soldier yet that will turn down a cup of coffee. It is fun to do and you meet some great folks doing it. Once I was able to buy coffee or hot chocolate for whole detachment sailors coming back from Afghanistan – just my way of saying “welcome home”. Recently, I finished a trip with a few extra cards and gave them to someone else in the office who was going to be traveling and asked him to give them to Service members he encountered. When he returned he said it was the most fun he has had in an airport in years and will probably so more on his own. Forgive the poor grammar!