Navy secretary's flight out to an aircraft carrier to bash its fired captain cost taxpayers $243,000

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jake McClung

• The former acting Navy secretary's trip out to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, currently at port in Guam as it deals with a coronavirus outbreak, to bash its former captain to the crew cost taxpayers $243,000, USA Today first reported.
• The 35-hour flight aboard an executive jet cost $6,946.19 per hour, bringing the exact total to $243,151.65.
• A Navy official confirmed to Insider that the cost figure for the trip, which ultimately cost the Navy chief his job, is accurate.
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Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly flew out to the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt over the weekend to bash the ship's former captain in a speech to the crew. It cost taxpayers $243,000, USA Today first reported, citing a Navy official.

The TR is currently in port in Guam as the crew deals with a coronavirus outbreak that has seen nearly 300 sailors test positive for the virus. Modly's 35-hour round-trip flight out to Guam aboard a C-37B, a military variant of the Gulfstream 550, cost $6,946.19 per hour, bringing the total cost of the flight to $243,151.65.

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