Quote Originally Posted by Mike M. View Post
Check the uniform regs. IIRC, Chiefs are authorized dress cutlasses, not the Naval Officer's sword.
The latest uniform regs removed all mention of swords for Chiefs in full dress. When I had asked a Chief about it he said the main reason was the cutlass doesn't go through the coat openings on the dress blue jacket. When I asked if they had stop wearing any sword for ceremonies he said that they had moved over to the saber. Doing searches the only thing on the cutlass I can find is that it was declared obsolete in 1949.

He did say the cutlass is still given as a gift just not worn.

If you can find any regs that mention the wear of a cutlass I would appreciate it.

Jim