Last year someone paid for my lunch. What makes it beyond belief for me is that there were about 10 of us eating and the guy paid for all of us. There was a Colonel, 4 Lt Colonels, a CW4, and 3 other SFCs. I had the least time in service at 17 years so by no means were we hurting. We were in uniform as we were at a training seminar. We had ordered and the waiter came and said the bill had been taken care of by someone in the restaurant who wished to remain anonymous. We asked the waiter to convey our thanks and the COL asked him to pass along a Commanders Coin as a token of thanks.

I've not done anything quite that involved but do try to help when and as opportunity presents. I do think it best when done without the recipients knowledge.

YMOS,
Tony