Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I hoki a Shepherd ki Te Hononga o Amerika i te tau 1929 ka haere ki te Field Officers' Course, Marine Corps Schools. Whai muri i tana tohu, i tukuna a Kapene Shepherd ki tawahi, i tenei wa i runga i te mahi motuhake me te Garde d'Haiti, e wha nga tau i mahi ai ia hei rangatira rohe me te tari i roto i te mahi a te United States i Haiti
He aha? Whai muri i te tangohanga o nga Marines mai i Haiti i te 1934, i tukuna a Shepherd ki te Marine Barracks, Washington, DC, hei rangatira whakahaere me te kairēhita o te Marine Corps Institute.