Wow. And I'll bet you never got a "thank you" from a grateful Civilization on either side of the Atlantic.
Well, here's a belated one from me: THANKS for being a Spartan.
Aw shucks, (blushes, shuffles feet) yer welcome ma'am, but this was peacetime Germany, not Thermopolye. I appreciate the sentiment and your giving expression to it though. Tell an active duty service member today how you feel, they're in the mud (well the dust and heat) now, getting shot at by the gomers.
It will do wonders for their morale, they have access to current US press reporting to a degree unheard of in the past for troops in the field and they need to know the folks at home support them, despite what the big media outlet presstitutes are reporting.