[4] After graduating from Harvard, Cutler was a member of the Union Boat Club and competed in the 1914 Henley Royal Regatta.

[10][11] Leslie Bradley Cutler divorced her husband on December 17, 1928, in Reno, Nevada, on the charge of desertion.

[13] In September 1916, Cutler served as a radio operator in a naval cruise attached to submarine chasers in Newport, Rhode Island.

On March 21, 1917, he enlisted in the US Naval Reserve Force and served on Submarine Patrol No.

He was appointed senior squadron commander at Killingholme in October 1918 and promoted to Lieutenant the following month.

[14] Cutler reentered the Navy in September 1940 as commander of the cadet regiment at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville.

During these campaigns, Cutler commanded 107 direct air, 10 submarine, and 4 artillery attacks.

[15][16] In November 1945, Cutler was promoted to Commodore in the United States Naval Reserve.