Let's stop glorifying professions. No matter what you're doing in life, you're still capable of doing good and bringing about plenty of evil

Thank the person for being who they are as a person. Not their job. Thank them for their actions.

This includes soldiers, doctors, policemen, nurses .. etc.

I met unemployed people who are selfless, helpful and doing a better job serving humanity than plenty of other people in the military or healthcare.

And I have known plenty of people who become stagnant and destructive as soon as they are assigned a fixed "hero" archetype.