I just want to say thank you. I believe in you and I believe in your mission.

God Bless you and keep you safe.

So maybe it is a bit awkward - you are not sure how to say it and you’re not sure how it will be taken. Here are a couple of ways to say thank you to our troops that might be a little easier for you.

Here are two ways to say thank you to someone serving in our armed forces.

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The second way takes a little more work, but it is just as cool in the effect it has.

If you are in a diner or restaurant, explain to your server that you want to say thanks to the military persons seated in the establishment with you by paying for their meal, but you don’t want them to know who it was who did it.

Now, every person in the place is a potential “thanker” and even the most innocent look from another patron to the military folks can have a whole new meaning.

I was once a recipient of this kind of thanks and I know how I felt just being acknowledged through an anonymous grilled cheese sandwich.