Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakahaua a Carlson ki Nicaragua i te tau 1930 hei rangatira i roto i te Guardia Nacional. I taua wa ko ia te rangatira tuatahi, i whakawhiwhia ki a ia tana Tiwhikete Navy tuatahi mo te arahi i nga Marines 12 ki nga kaipahua 100 i roto i te whakaeke o te po ki te whakakore i te riri ki tana hoia. I whakamoemititia hoki ia mō ana mahi whai muri i te
1931 te ru i Managua, me te mahi hei Tumuaki o te Pirihimana i te 1932 me te 1933.