Return To Sender


 * This is about the level. For the challenge, see Humiliation.

"Alright. We've traced the delivery freighter to an outfit in Bosaso, Somalia. It's run by a nasty piece of work named Waraabe. My hands are full with the bleeding at home, so you're on your own. Good hunting."

- MacMillan to Price, telling him the path of Makarov's cargo.

"Return To Sender" is the tenth mission of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The player controls Yuri as he, Soap, and Price search for Waraabe, a man involved in the chemical attacks on Europe. The mission takes place in Somalia.

Characters

 * Yuri (playable)
 * John "Soap" Mactavish
 * John Price
 * Nikolai
 * Waraabe (killed)

Mission
Price contacts Baseplate, who is now revealed to be MacMillan, trying to find intel on Makarov. MacMillan sighs and warns Price that 'you're on everyone's shit-list, John.' and is reluctant to share intel unofficially with him. When reminded of their mission in Pripyat, he tells Price that Waraabe, an African warlord in Somalia, should have intel on Makarov. Price discusses their plan to enter the compound with Soap, deciding that a stealthy approach is out of the question. Price asks Soap to tell Nikolai to ready his men.

Yuri is in the backseat of a truck heading to the enemy compound, with Price and Soap in the driver's and passenger's seats respectively. As soon as they ram through the gates, they come out of their vehicles and cut their way in through the heavy resistance as they are bombarded by mortars and attacked by Technicals. Yuri is given control of Nikolai's chopper's remote turret to soften up the resistance.

Afterwards, they head into Waraabe's office building and meet fierce resistance inside. After the militia are eliminated, they breach inside an office and kill everyone inside except Waraabe. Price tells Soap and Yuri to put on their gasmasks and the interrogation begins. He uses the gas that was used during the chemical attacks in Europe and demands Waraabe to tell them Makarov's location in exchange for a gas mask to save his life. Panicking, Waraabe tells them that "Our contact was a man named Volk! We never [personally] met Makarov!" Soap steps on Waraabe's thigh, asking for Volk's location. In pain, Waraabe finally breaks: he tells the trio that Volk is in Paris. Price gives Waraabe a gas mask, but promptly executes him for "the boys at Hereford". 'The boys' refers to SAS members who were killed in the event of the chemical attacks.

The remaining members of Nikolai's men leave the building and head to their primary exfil point, but Nikolai radios them and reminds them that the sandstorm is closing in fast. They regroup with the other members and hurry on to the exfil point, but before they can board the chopper, they are ambushed by the militia and they are forced to cut their way through to the second LZ. Again, the second exfil is on the roof of a building full of militia, but the 141 and Nikolai's men deal with them. Nikolai tells Price that the LZ is too hot for landing, so Yuri uses the remote turret to "thin 'em out". Unfortunately, a rocket shoots down Nikolai's helicopter, sending it hurtling out of control towards Price's group. The trio rappels down the building to avoid getting hit by the out of control helicopter.

Price tells Echo Team to find Nikolai, and also that they "need emergency exfil". They make their way through the heavy sandstorm, dealing with Waraabe's men along the way. The group makes it to the crash site, and Yuri carries an injured Nikolai with the others to the emergency exfil, where they finally get out of the village.

Soap remarks: "So if Volk's in Paris, how are we getting there in the middle of a bloody war?" Price replies that while they can't, "I know who can."

Found in Level
The following weapons can be found with and without attachments.

Intel
23. Just past the docks area, in the blue and white "L" shaped building up the stairs. The intel is sitting on a desk.

24. In the west corner of Waraabe's office, where the high value target is captured, the intel sitting on a desk.

25. The third intel is in a small, one-room building next to a burning car.

Video:MW3 - Intel Locations - Return To Sender - Mission 8 - Scout Leader Achievement/Trophy guide

Intel locations

Achievements/Trophies
Sandstorm! (10 / Bronze Trophy ) - Complete "Return to Sender" on any difficulty.

Payback (25 / Silver Trophy ) - Complete "Mind the Gap", "Goalpost" and "Return to Sender" on Veteran difficulty.

Kill Box (20 / Bronze Trophy ) - Kill 20 enemies with the Chopper Gunner in a single run in "Return to Sender".

Trivia

 * This is the first mission where the player can hear Captain MacMillan in Modern Warfare 3 as "Baseplate". His voice has changed, considering the fact that it's been 20 years since Pripyat.
 * Return To Sender is a name of a multiplayer callsign from Modern Warfare 2.
 * Price's Desert Eagle that he uses to execute Waraabe after interrogating him is the model used in Modern Warfare 2.
 * Right before breaching the room with Waraabe inside, one of the militia will try to melee Soap who reacts quick enough to dodge the blow and retaliates by kicking his attacker of the landing to the ground floor. As he falls his scream is the Wilhelm scream.
 * After rescuing Nikolai from the helicopter wreckage and escaping by jeep, the Spetsnaz Victory theme from the multiplayer is heard at the end of the level.
 * The GIGN spawn theme can be heard during the searching for Waraabe.
 * Like in "Persona Non Grata", the player can shoot themselves when gaining control of Nikolai's chopper's remote turret. If the player does, they receive the friendly fire penalty instead of the message "You Killed Yourself" seen in "Persona Non Grata".
 * In the second floor in Waraabe's palace to the player's left, there is a knife with the same model as the knife that Soap used to kill Shepherd in "Endgame" in Modern Warfare 2 and the knife Price uses to breach the security office in "Stronghold" in Modern Warfare 3.
 * The crates Waraabe falls back on are marked with the Shadow Company insignia.
 * The PMC soldier that gets sniped in the ambush drops a gun which cannot be picked up.
 * If the player looks at Price and Soap before Nikolai's helicopter is shot down, they both wield an M4A1 w/ Grenade Launcher. After Nikolai's helicopter is shot down and they slide down the rope, the M4A1's of both characters have Hybrid Sight attachments alongside the grenade launcher.