 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokurovedzwa kwepakuvamba, Carlos akaendeswa kuSan Diego, uye akagoverwa kuDestroyer Tender muPacific Fleet iyo USS Cape Cod AD-43. Akakunda California state amateur Middleweight Boxing Championship muna 1983. Akaisa chinangwa chokukwanisa kupinda mumitambo yeJunior Olympics mubhokisi, asi akakuvara papfudzi rake achidzidzira uye akaendeswa kuMiddle East mushure mekubhomba kweUS Embassy muBeirut musi waApril 18, 1983. Ngarava yake yakanga iri muStrait of Hormuz apo mabhara eU.S. Marine pamwe chete nebhara revaFrance veparatrooper muBeirut akarwiswa nebhombamusi waOctober 24, 1983. Pakazosvika 1984, Cape Cod yakachinjwa kubva muPersian Gulf. Ashenoff akadzokera kuSan Diego, uye akagamuchira kuregererwa kunoremekedzwa. 