 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Paakapedza kudzidza paMilitary Academy muVilnius, Ladiga akashanda muuto reImperial Russian muHondo Yenyika I uye akawana chinzvimbo chekaputeni. Akadzokera kuLithuania muna 1918 uye akazvipira kupinda muuto reLithuania rakanga richangobva kuumbwa. Akagadzwa somutungamiri weimwe yebato re1st Infantry Regiment. Ladiga akakurumidza kukwira mumatanho uye akatungamira Vilkmergė Group muLithuanian-Soviet Hondo. Akatungamirirawo mapoka kurwisa Bermontians uye muPolish-Lithuanian Hondo. Mushure mokunge mushandirapamwe usina kubudirira muna September 1920, Ladiga akasiya hofisi yebasa ndokujoina General Staff muKaunas. Pashure peHondo dzeRusununguko dzeLithuaniaakaenderera mberi nedzidzo dzechiuto muSwitzerland neCzechoslovakia. Akasimuka kusvika pachinzvimbo chegeneral uye akamboshanda kwenguva pfupi saChief of the General Staff muna 19251926. Akamanikidzwa kurega basa rechiuto pashure pokunge mauto atema hurumende muna December 1926. 