Trump's Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite racked up $2.3m air travel bill during eight months in office - including $232,000 trip to Wake Island where NO sailors or Marines are stationed Kenneth Braithwaite, the navy secretary under President Trump, spent more than $2.3 million on air travel for the approximately eight moths he was in office He took 22 foreign and domestic trips – more than any other senior Pentagon civilian, USA Today found His excessive travel came as most officials stayed grounded due to COVID Braithwaite's international trips included Norway, Italy, Greece, Japan and India His domestic trips included more than $24,000 to attend the Army-Navy football game with his family and more than one visit to Hawaii