Armed Forces of Malta basic staff duties Course II

Armed Forces of Malta personnel are currently undergoing Basic Staff Duties courses. A brief end-of-course ceremony is scheduled for Friday, 14^th May 1999, at 1500 hrs. This will be held at the Armed Forces of Malta Officers' Mess, in Luqa Barracks.

The course certificates will be presented by H.E. Mr Graham Archer, British High Commissioner and Brigadier Rupert Montanaro, Commander AFM.

This second 15-day course started on Monday, 3^rd May 1999 and is being run by two British Army instructors, Lt. Col. Nigel Watts and Lt. Col. John Brown. The first part of the course covers the current techniques used by the British Army for all types of correspondence with and outside the service.

The second part deals mainly with the duties of officers during Military Operations, including Mission Command, Battle Procedure, Verbal and Written Orders, Mission Analysis and other topics of utmost military importance.