Proudly served myself, 5 years in the USN as Aviation Structural Mechanic attached to Helantisubron 7 at NAS Jacksonville, FL. Squadron was attached to the USS Harry S. Truman CVN-75. Lot of long hours, lot of good times, lot of good ports, and met tons of awesome people.
Now, my rant of the Veterans Day "free" meals and such at local restaurants. In my opinion it is nothing but advertising disguised. If they really wanted to support and or help the troops, they could offer a small discount or such all year long. Or have a portion of the profits from the bill go to a non profit organization of choice.
These guys do TONS with the USO and for the military. They shot the vast majority of the footage for their rendition of Bad Company originally done by Bad Company during a USO tour that had. I have immense respect for these guys.