Kammala wannan jumla: Bayan kammala karatunsa daga USMA, an ba Hunter izini kuma an ba shi aikin iyaka tare da Rundunar Sojoji ta Hudu. Ya shiga cikin rikice-rikice daban-daban a lokacin Yaƙe-yaƙe na Indiyawan Amurka daga 1877 zuwa 1984. A lokacin yakin Amurka da Spain, Hunter ya ji rauni a
Dutsen San Juan. A shekara ta 1903, an tura Hunter zuwa Philippines don murkushe tawaye. An sake tura shi zuwa Philippines daga 1911 zuwa 1914 a Fort McKinley. Hunter ya koma Amurka a watan Yuni, 1914 kuma an sanya shi a matsayin Babban Jami'in a Chicago, Illinois har zuwa Agusta, 1917.