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Trump Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite spent $2.3million on travels Emily Goodin, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Kenneth Braithwaite, the navy secretary under President Donald Trump, spent more than $2.3 million on air travel for the approximately eight moths he was in office.  Braithwaite served as the Navy's most senior civilian from May 29 until Joe Biden took office on Jan. 21. During that time, Braithwaite embarked on 22 foreign and domestic trips – more than any other senior Pentagon civilian, USA Today r...

By   Paul McLeary on April 28, 2021 at 4:54 PM USS Stockdale leads ships behind aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson WASHINGTON: Carlos Del Toro, a Naval Academy graduate and CEO of a tech consultancy, is the Biden administration’s likely nominee for Navy Secretary.  After coming to the United States as a child from Cuba in 1962, Del Toro would go on to become the first Hispanic to serve as the first captain of an Aegis cruiser or destroyer, a career that included Middle East deployments during Operation Desert Storm. The Navy remains the only service without a nominee for its civilian secr...

SAN DIEGO —  Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Harker is looking to make the most out of what he believes will be a limited run atop the department, launching initiatives to prevent sexual assault and encourage sailors to seek mental health care after a year of coronavirus stress, he told the Union-Tribune in an interview on April 21. Harker spent a week in San Diego touring Navy and Marine Corps facilities. He stepped into the role on a temporary basis upon President Joe Biden’s inauguration, replacing former President Donald Trump’s last Navy secretary, Kenneth Braithwaite. The position ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic erupted last spring, entire swaths of society shut down or went remote. But the vast majority of the military's missions, including air transportation, basic training and ships at sea, couldn't be done through Zoom calls. The services had to improvise and adapt to keep operations going while holding the disease at bay -- and they were largely successful. In the process, leaders said, the military has relearned old skills for operating in compromised environments that could come in handy in a future conflict if chemical or biological weapons were used. As the military ...

Naval Audit Service cuts still pushed by Navy Department, despite lawmaker opposition 2 days ago U.S. Rep. Elaine Luria, shown here touring the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford in 2019, is seeking answers from the Navy regarding plans to slash the Naval Audit Service's budget. Luria, a Virginia Democrat, is also a retired surface warfare officer. (Navy) As President Joe Biden prepares to release the basics of his first budget as soon as this week, the Navy appears to be holding fast on plans to reduce the size of one of its main internal oversight offices, to the chagrin of some on Capito...