© Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly testifies in response to Government Accountability Office findings about substandard military housing during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, December 3, 2019. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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.

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