The DTA has begun its first major military exercise since being formed though most of the military being used is Dino. The exercise, known as "X Landing 1", includes some 35 Dino ships, 5 of them SX-98 landing ships, and 3 Sirikwanese escorts. In the first landing of the exercise 2 Dino and 1 Aritan brigades were landed on a secured site on Sirikwan. SS-D forces securing the site with help from Sirikwanese and Aritan special forces.
Language problems are understood to have been encountered with insufficient translation devices being available though a source close to the Dinos says that the Dinos are not unhappy about this as it is in adversity that important problems are found and can be dealt with.