C-H-U. Containerized. Housing. Unit.
At the Post Office on Camp Victory, Iraq, Private Chloe Renard and Sergeant Bennett sort letters. They have their favorites – the ones between the Lieutenant and his wife in Taji, thick, numbered in chronological order – those are Chloe’s. For Bennett it's an older man writing his son until one day the letters come back marked Return to Sender, each sealed, contained, unread.
At the bare spot in the playground in Hay al Amar, Specialist Yancey sits double-wrapped in his Humvee and then in his Kevlar and can hardly breathe. He sits across from Ali, his prisoner. He wants to help him escape, but not until it's safe. Gunfire erupts.
In his CHU, the Lieutenant writes letters. He writes to her. He thinks about the spot south of Bangor, Maine where he stripped and swam in the Atlantic. Then he thinks about the Sergeant at the Post Office and how her hand had trembled.
When Chloe dies, everything changes. Bennett gives up. Specialist Yancey kills Ali. The Lieutenant forgets. For all the letters, he forgets.
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