 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pashure pokupedza kudzidza, Lee akabatana neboka revadzidzisi vezvombo kaviri. Akagoverwa kune ngarava yehondo kubva muna Gumiguru 1908 kusvika Chivabvu 1909, asati adzokera kuchikoro chezvikepe uye akabatanazve nechikwata chepfuti. Kubva muna November 1909 kusvika muna May 1910, Lee akashanda ari mungarava yainzi protected cruiser, ndokuzoendeswa kuchikepe chehondo. Paakadzoswa kuUnited States, Lee akabatanazve nechikwata cheAcademy chechitatu. Muna July 1913, Lee akabatanazve neIdaho, uye muna April 1914 akachinjirwa kuchikepe chehondo kuti atore chikamu mukutora Veracruz. 