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

[AtheistCrusader]

Source: CNN

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

(CNN)The 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.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/08/politics/former-navy-secretary-trip-cost/index.html

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There are probably ancillary costs not included in that total as well. His salary for 2 days worth of travel, per diem, security, etc.

IMO, his hair plugs were also a dubious investment.

[niyad]

1. I want our money back!

[AtheistCrusader]

2. Right? Hoist by his own petard, at OUR expense.

[Walleye]

3. Sounds like a bargain, if it got rid of him. 🙃

[Flaleftist]

12. That was my first thought, but I don't expect Trump to replace him with someone better.

[Walleye]

13. True. That's always the catch in any deal with this moron

[lagomorph777]

22. Maybe he caught COVFEFE-19

Now that would be a BOGO!

[Walleye]

23. I like it

[SunSeeker]

4. Republicans sure know how to piss away money.

And yeah, those are some bad hair plugs.

[Progressive Jones]

5. An old friend of mine was the Command Master Chief of that base in Guam.

He retired 2 years ago, and he still lives there.
I'm going to contact him to see what he has to say about this.
Knowing him, he has a lot to say.

[sarge43]

8. If you post his remarks, you'll have to do a lot of editing for language. n/t

[Progressive Jones]

18. No doubt! LOL nt

[Demovictory9]

6. lol...his hair is too fluffy. accentuates the baldness

[Ford_Prefect]

7. At least the hair plugs hide the toxic brain beneath from offending the public...

until he opens his mouth.

[3Hotdogs]

9. Wow. I didn't know that speech was live.

I thought it was taped or live streamed from D.C.

[AtheistCrusader]

14. That was what I originally thought as well.

I guess that took some guts to do, but it was literally the worst possible thing he could have chosen to do.

[3Hotdogs]

15. The the end result is perfect: His sorry ass is out of there.

----and public humiliation.

[AtheistCrusader]

16. And, maybe he won't be back in public service ever again.

[Lowell]

10. Dock his pay, $243,000

After all what did we get for the money, we got bad hair plugs and lost a good commander.

[AllaN01Bear]

11. tax and spend democrats ,, yeah riiiiiiggggt . steal and lie republicans .

[turbinetree]

17. Force him to pay back that road trip

...................

[riversedge]

19. wonder if anyone can sue him for the money??

[vapor2]

20. Why not a class action lawsuit?? Sounds feasible

[captain jack]

21. Waste on waste. n/t