Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: E nyere Getty ọrụ n'Òtù Ndị Agha Ụgbọ Mmiri nke 22, o jekwara ozi n'ókèala malite n'afọ 1878 ruo 1896. N'oge a, o sonyere na Ute War na 1884 na Sioux War na 1890 na 1891. Getty sonyekwara na agha Spanish-American, na-ekere òkè na
Agha El Caney, Agha nke Ugwu San Juan, na Mgbukpọ nke Santiago. O jere ozi na Sanitary Corps ma nata Silver Star maka mbọ ya ebe ahụ. Mgbe o jesịrị ozi na Philippines site na 1900 ruo 1911, Getty duziri ụlọ nkwakọba ndị agha na Fort Logan site na 1914 ruo 1917.