AFM Officer Cadet study guide
AFM Officer Cadet · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The AFM Officer Cadet pathway is the entry route through which the Armed Forces of Malta recruits and develops its future commissioned officers. The AFM describes itself as Malta's military organisation, tasked with primary defence functions and safeguarding national sovereignty and interest, both in peacetime and in crisis, and as a major component of the national defence and security architecture. The AFM Officer Cadet study guide has 6 sections and about 1,586 words.
01Force Headquarters and Organisation
Force Headquarters and Organisation tests how the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) is commanded, staffed and controlled. You need to know who commands, what FHQ does, and how orders reach units.
299 words, about 1 min02Land Units (1, 3 and 4 Regiment)
Land Units covers 1, 3 and 4 Regiment. The exam tests each regiment's role, its main capabilities and how FHQ employs it, not merely where it is based.
269 words, about 1 min03Air Wing
Air Wing tests the air component: what it flies, what each aircraft does, and how it is tasked. Air Wing provides air surveillance, maritime patrol, search and rescue, light transport, MEDEVAC and liaison.
274 words, about 1 min04Maritime Squadron
Maritime Squadron tests the sea component: basing, roles, vessels and coordination. The squadron is based at Hay Wharf, Floriana.
250 words, about 1 min05Operations
Operations tests how the AFM plans and executes missions at home and abroad, and how it works with civil authorities. A typical cycle is: receipt of task, mission analysis, estimate, course-of-action development, decision, orders, rehearsal, execution and after-action review.
243 words, about 1 min06Deployments and Careers
Deployments and Careers tests where AFM personnel serve abroad and how an officer cadet becomes a commissioned officer. AFM personnel have served in EU-led crisis-management missions, including EUNAVFOR MED (Operation Sophia and its successor, Irini) and EUTM Mali, and in UN and bilateral contexts.
251 words, about 1 min