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This week in American power projection: the map was wrong, the dorms were fine, and the travel card was for official purposes.
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THE PENTAGON — After news broke that he would be resigning from his post in February 2019, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters he was looking forward to spending a "peaceful retirement" firing a GAU-17 Minigun out the door of a UH-1 Huey helicopter.
"Yup, I can't wait to kick back with a relaxing 3 or 4 thousand rounds per minute every morning before PT," said Mattis. "Much better than this boring bullshit here in D.C."
Mattis served a storied career as a Marine general before moving into his role as Secretary of Defense, and sources within the Pentagon said that he still managed to fire a few hundred rounds every day at lunchtime "just to let off some steam."
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