Mubarak al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College explained

Mubarak al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College
Native Name:كلية مبارك العبدالله للقيادة و الأركان المشتركة
Established:1995
Head Label:Commandant
Website:http://www.majcsc.gov.kw

The Mubarak al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College (MAJCSC) is a military educational institution in Kuwait City which prepares field grade officers to lead at the operational level of warfare.[1]

History

The college was established in 1995 in cooperation with Staff College, Camberley. On 18 August 1997, the college was named Mubarak al-Abdullah Command and Staff College in honor of Lieutenant General Mubarak Al-Abdullah, the former Chief of General Staff of the Kuwaiti Army during 1963 to 1980. In 2001, the college was renamed Mubarak Al-Abdullah Mubarak al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College. It retains connections with the British Joint Services Command and Staff College in Shrivenham, United Kingdom.[2] In August 2008, Charles, Prince of Wales visited the college.[3] This is the only college in the region accredited by the UK Defence Academy as delivering a course equivalent to its own Advanced Command and Staff Course [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Staff Sgt. Angelique N. Smythe. U.S. Air Force officers brief at Kuwait Joint Command and Staff College. U.A. Air Force Central. 2011-02-19. 2012-10-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20131227113117/http://www.afcent.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123243108. 2013-12-27. dead.
  2. Web site: Mubarak al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College: A Historical Background about MAJCSC . majcsc.gov.kw . 2012-10-24 . 2012-10-24.
  3. Web site: His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales visits Kuwait. British Embassy Kuwait. 2012-10-24. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130102203655/http%3A//ukinkuwait.fco.gov.uk/en/about%2Dus/working%2Dwith%2Dkuwait/royal%2Dvisits/PoW%2DFeb%2D2007. 2013-01-02. dead.
  4. https://firstforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/P12-13-Ben-Wallace-MoD-message.pdf Message from The Rt Hon. Ben Wallace MP