All vets have these thoughts nearly every day. Some may experience them for fractions of second, or for minutes at a time. They replay over and over again like an endless 24 hour war movie.
Utter B.S.
I am a vet. I was a rear echelon support officer.
I never saw combat.
Most vets never see combat.
Most vets that saw combat do not see the horrific scenes/sounds/smells described above.
Not all that do suffer PTSD.
The description of the above is for those at the tip of the spear, or the unlucky.
To say that all vets experience this on a daily basis is completely irresponsible and misleading.
I think there's a certain, twilight zone osmosis that affects all vets of a combat era.
But I won't argue with a brother about it.
Over Macho Grande?