Retired USMC major on Veterans Day: Thank you for your service, or thank you for killing? by info@share.sv | Nov 11, 2018 | Political Retired USMC major on Veterans Day: Thank you for your service, or thank you for killing? People say ‘thank you for your service’ but I think they mean ‘thank you for killing for me.’ At times I wish they’d have the moral courage to say it.