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Mattis looking forward to 'peaceful retirement' spent firing Minigun out door of Huey

Mattis looking forward to 'peaceful retirement' spent firing Minigun out door of Huey

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Oct 05, 2022
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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 be…

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