Secret Service prohibited graduating Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy from wearing ceremonial swords to their ceremony out of concern for the President's safety-Fiction!  not part of the uniform!

According to a May 21, 2009 Washington Times article, Midshipmen were told in writing that swords along with anything that could be considered a weapon by security screeners should not be taken into the graduation ceremony area.  Click for article.

Traditionally, Midshipmen are not required to have swords as part of their normal uniform unless they are Brigade Officers, and then they are issued temporary swords for parades and other ceremonial events.    Officers may wear the sword for special ceremonial events such as change of commands and weddings.  

The Public Affairs Office added, "Many parents give swords to graduates to be worn with their officer uniform after commissioning, but they along with many other items are routinely banned from being carried into the graduation ceremony for obvious security reasons."  

The USNA Network, an academy parents group, posted information and guidelines on swords on their website:  Click for sword guidelines.

From today's "you couldn't make it up if you tried file".......Obama's  protectors have ordered graduating Midshipmen....and I suppose  Commissioned Officers through Flag rank...to leave their swords at  home. Full Dress White includes "wear sword". More to the  point...those badges of office have been earned in a manner Obongo and  his minions just wouldn't begin to understand. Important traditions  that inspire are kind of lost on the red banner crowd, apparently.

Further, ceremonial swords never seemed to bother the Secret Service  for any previous President. And before World War II, the swords were  not particularly "ceremonial", I've seen some of those blades,  boarding actions did occur on the China Station pre-war against river  pirates, warlords, etc. Those swords were worn not just to graduation,  but to Inaugurations, in the receiving line at the White House  afterward, to the Inaugural Ball. Somehow nobody gave it a second  thought. Somehow even Presidents in the past didn't presume to specify items of uniform.

  But of course, what worked for Harry Truman, Ronald Reagan, F.D.R.,  the Bushes, T.R., any other rational non-cult leader.....doesn't work  for this former state senator anointed by the Chicago machine.

  Does he secretly consider our Naval and Military leaders "the enemy"?