 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi waJune 8, 1912, Byrd akapedza kudzidza paNaval Academy uye akagadzwa kuva mukuru mukuru muUnited States Navy. Musi waJuly 14, 1912, akaendeswa kunhumbi yehondo USS Wyoming. Paaiva muGungwa reCaribbean, Byrd akagamuchira tsamba yake yokutanga yokurumbidza, uye gare gare menduru yesirivha yokuponesa upenyu, nokuda kwokupinda mugungwa kaviri akapfeka zvipfeko zvakakwana kuti anunure mufambisi wengarava akanga awira mugungwa. Muna April 1914, akachinjirwa kukireshi yehondo USS Washington uye akashanda mumvura dzeMexico muna June zvichitevera kupindira kweAmericamuna April. 