Former acting Navy secretary's trip to Guam, which led to his resignation, cost almost a quarter of a million dollars

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Recently resigned acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly's Monday trip to Guam, where he addressed the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt and slammed their former commander, cost the Defense Department an estimated $243,000, according to a Navy official

Modly's remarks led to his resignation a day later.Modly traveled to Guam aboard a C-37B VIP aircraft a modified Gulfstream jet. It costs $6,946.19 per hour to fly and the flight time for the Guam trip was about 35 hours for a total cost of $243,151.65.The cost of the trip was first reported by USA Today.Modly's resignation came just over a week after Capt.

""The events of the past week have been difficult for our Navy and our nation. We will learn from them. But make no mistake, we are moving forward. The Navy has our orders and we are executing them," Gilday wrote.Two-hundred eighty-six sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt have tested positive for coronavirus and 93% of the ship's crew have been tested as of Wednesday, according to the Navy.

 

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Wow, he almost lasted 2 weeks

TIME I have your cover ........... trump billionaire money, romper room intelligence

Biggest waste of money I have ever seen.....do they realize there are people who don’t have jobs and are worried about paying rent, buying groceries. No wonder young people are disenfranchised with our country.

He should pay that back

He should pay every penny back.

The Navy was one of the best organizations to ever exist...before the Tailhook fiasco. But the MSM and the PC losers on the left had to screw that up also.

Wow! That could have paid for some lives to be saved in Oklahoma by having some testing!

Is he paying it back? What a stupid, wasteful, ridiculous trip. About what you’d expect from a Trump appointee

Adding insult to injury.

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