Pretend for a moment that you've returned from a (another?) tour of combat duty and the experience has rewired your brain in a odd way.  Maybe you were ambushed, maybe someone 28' away blew up, or maybe the ground exploded as you were out on patrol.

Whatever it was, it ended up with you being diagnosed with PSTD and you get to spend your first 8 or so months back on American soil at the Soldier and Family Assistance Center in Georgia.  So far, so good, right?

Army Sgt. Jonathan Strickland sits in his room at noon with the blinds drawn, seeking the sleep that has eluded him since he was knocked out by the blast of a Baghdad car bomb.

Like many of the wounded soldiers living in the newly built "warrior transition" barracks here, the soft-spoken 25-year-old suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. But even as Strickland and his comrades struggle with nightmares, anxiety and flashbacks from their wartime experiences, the sounds of gunfire have followed them here, just outside their windows.

Across the street from their assigned housing, about 200 yards away, are some of the Army infantry's main firing ranges, and day and night, several days each week, barrages from rifles and machine guns echo around Strickland's building. The noise makes the wounded cringe, startle in their formations, and stay awake and on edge, according to several soldiers interviewed at the barracks last month. The gunfire recently sent one soldier to the emergency room with an anxiety attack, they said.

What. The. Frak.

I just don't know what to say anymore...