Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te mutunga o tana kura i te tau 1923, i whakawhiwhia a Ridgely hei tuarua o te hoia i te Marine Corps. I whai wāhi ia ki ngā mahi o Haiti
me Nicaragua i te wā o ngā Pakanga Banana. I noho hoki ia ki tawahi i te Moana-a-Kiwa i mua i tana whakawhiwhinga ki te 4th Marine Regiment i Shanghai, Haina, i te Pipiri o 1941. I te Whiringa-a-rangi o taua tau, ka nekehia te ope taua ki Philippines.