Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I uru a Carlos A. Waite ki te ope taua o te US hei 3rd lieutenant o te hiko, 28 Hanuere 1820, ka noho hei 1st lieutenant, 1 Mei 1828, me te rangatira, 3 Hōngongoi 1836. Mai i te 7 o Hōngongoi 1838 tae noa ki te 8 o Mei 1845, ko ia te rangatira me te kaiawhina o te quartermaster. I tohua ia hei rangatira o te 8th U.S. Infantry, 16 Hui-tanguru 1847, a ka mahi ia i te Pakanga o Mexico-American, i whiwhi i nga tohu o te rangatira o te rangatira, 20 Akuhata 1847, mo te whanonga toa me te pai i Contreras me Churubusco
, me te koronel, 8 Mahuru 1847, mo te whanonga toa me te pai i Molino del Rey, i whara kino ai ia. I whakawhiwhia ia ki te rangatira o te 5th U.S. Infantry i te 10 Whiringa-a-rangi 1851, me te rangatira o te 1st U.S. Infantry i te 5 Pipiri 1860. I te 19 o Hui-tanguru 1861, i whakakapihia e Waite a Brevet Major General David E. Twiggs hei rangatira mo te Tari o Texas i te wa i tukuna ai e Twiggs te tari ki nga Kaituku i te timatanga o te mea ka riro ko te Pakanga Taiao o Amerika (Ka tukuna a Twiggs ki te ope taua o nga Kaituku. I whakahaua e Waite te tari tae noa ki te wa i whakakorehia ai i muri mai i te tau 1861. Whai muri i tana hokinga ki te rawhiti ka whakahau ia i te pou hoia i Annapolis, Maryland. I te tau 1864 i whakauruhia ia ki te raarangi reti, na te ngoikoretanga o te hauora, a i noho ia ki Plattsburgh tae noa ki tona matenga. Whai muri i te pakanga i whakawhiwhia ia ki a Brigadier General, i hoki mai ki te 13 Poutu-te-rangi 1865, mo te mahi roa me te pono i roto i te Ope Taua o Amerika; heoi kaore i tukuna te whakaū i mua i tona matenga.