Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I noho a Key ki te taone o Wewoka ka whakatu i te Key Hardware Co. me te Wewoka Gas Co. ka uru ki te Oklahoma National Guard. I whakawhiwhia ano ia ki a ia, a, i whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira tuatahi i te Hurae 12, 1912, me te rangatira i te raumati 1916. Katahi ka riro i a Key te rangatira o te Kamupene G, 1st Oklahoma Infantry Regiment i tohaina ki Wewoka ka mahi i te rohe o Mexico i te wa o te Pakanga o Oklahoma.
Pancho Villa Expedition, i te wa i karangahia ai tana roopu mo te ratonga a te kawanatanga i te Poutu-te-rangi 1917 i Fort Sill, Oklahoma.