My wife and her unit were doing NCODP today and one of the things they were doing was a trip to the USAF Museum. Sheila asked me to give them a tour of the museum (being a USAF History SME) and to educate these young soldiers on the mission of the USAF and its early beginnings. So I got into uniform and met Sheila's unit (about 20 soldiers in all, an her OIC) there. We were walking around I was showing them things, explaining, doing typical educator type stuff. We walked over to the early WWII section of the museum and we just got past the Pearl Harbor section when out of the blue this kid about 5 years old walked up to me and said. "Thank you for your service sir." It was the cutest and one of the nicest things I have had happen to me in awhile. I have had lots of people do that to me before but this time it was different. So I gave him sharp salute and said you welcome and he walked off. As he walked off, I got kind of choked up. Sheila asked what was that about and I explained it to her.
Reminded me why I serve my country.