Despite being deployed in various combat operations, His mosh important operation was operation Seroja in East Timor . One of the reason why it important was because that was when he obtained the rank of general and was appointed as the commander of the regional defense and security of East Timor, replacing Soewano who happened to be his close friend. Dading is the type of commander who enjoyed every second of a battle, he also once quoted from General Douglas MacArthur that "Man will not fight and die unless they know what they fight and die for" .