Kammala wannan jumla: An kirkiro Raiders ne bisa umarnin Shugaba Roosevelt, yana aiki bisa ga shawarwarin Kanar William J. Donovan da Manjo Evans F. Carlson. Carlson ya kasance soja a cikin
Tafiya don kama Pancho Villa a Mexico da Yaƙin Duniya na I, ya zama jami'in sojan ruwa a lokacin mamayar Amurka na Nicaragua, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin Jami'in Leken Asiri na 4th Marines a China. Ya ga dabaru da dabarun kwaminisanci na kasar Sin ba bisa ka'ida ba, musamman Zhū Dé da Rundunar Sojoji ta Takwas, yayin da suka yi yaƙi da Jafananci masu mamayewa kuma suka shahara da sigar yakin basasa. A shekara ta 1933 Carlson ya umurci Rundunar Sojan Ruwa a Warm Springs, Georgia hutun hutun Shugaba Roosevelt, inda ya yi abota da Franklin D. Roosevelt da ɗansa James. Carlson ya yi murabus daga Sojan Ruwa don yin magana da 'yan kasuwa na Amurka don gargadi su game da samar da kayan aiki ga Japan. Carlson ya koma Marines a watan Afrilu na 1941, ya sami kwamiti daga Kwamandan a matsayin babban jami'in ajiya. Carlson har yanzu yana da kunnen Shugaban kasa da kuma dan FDR James Roosevelt, wanda yanzu ya zama Kyaftin din Marine kuma abokinsa ne kuma mai kare shi.