Does anyone ever feel nostalgia for war?

I never felt "alive" on the battlefield. And being in a place in which my brothers or myself could die at any moment is not a place I romanticize.

Honestly - absolutely not. If I could erase some of the stuff in my mind I would. There is nothing, and I mean nothing glorious, romantic, or exhilarating about combat, You pray that your training and reflexive reactions are good enough, and hope that you make the right decisions, all at the same time while some on is actively trying to kill you or your buddies. And no matter how terrible it is to see one of your buddies get hurt, there is a part of you thanking God that it wasn't you.

Noun. a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time.

I think it stumbles on "happiness". That's why you'll get a pile of no votes. Now if the question was about nostalgia for former MIL brothers/sisters, etc., you'll get a different answer set. So for most, nostalgia for war; NO. Nostalgia for what war did to you; HELL NO. However, if you had the chance to do it all over again to bring more people out alive; probably a lot of HELL YESes.