Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Yunin 1929, Howard ya shiga Amurka ta mamaye Haiti
, inda ayyukansa na shekaru masu zuwa ya hada da shugaban 'yan sanda da kwamandan sashen, Port au Prince, Haiti. An mayar da shi zuwa Amurka kuma ya dauki nauyin aiki tare da Battalion na farko, na bakwai na Marines, har zuwa watan Agustan 1934, lokacin da aka sake mayar da shi zuwa Marine Corps Headquarters. Daga watan Agustan 1934 zuwa Yuni 1938, ya yi aiki a matsayin jami'in zartarwa, Sashen Ayyuka da Horarwa, Babban Ofishin Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa.