Mubarak al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College
{{Short description|Military educational institution in Kuwait City}}
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The Mubarak al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College (MAJCSC) ({{nobreak|{{langx|ar|كلية مبارك العبدالله للقيادة و الأركان المشتركة}}}}) is a military educational institution in Kuwait City which prepares field grade officers to lead at the operational level of warfare.{{cite web|author= Staff Sgt. Angelique N. Smythe|url= https://www.afcent.af.mil/News/story/id/123243108/|title= U.S. Air Force officers brief at Kuwait Joint Command and Staff College|publisher= U.A. Air Force Central|date= 2011-02-19|access-date= 2012-10-24|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131227113117/http://www.afcent.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123243108|archive-date= 2013-12-27|url-status= live}}
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.{{cite web|author= |url= http://www.majcsc.gov.kw/maincourse.html#History |title= Mubarak al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College: A Historical Background about MAJCSC |publisher= majcsc.gov.kw |date=2012-10-24 |accessdate=2012-10-24}} In August 2008, Charles, Prince of Wales (now King Charles III) visited the college.{{cite web|author= |url= http://ukinkuwait.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/working-with-kuwait/royal-visits/PoW-Feb-2007|title= His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales visits Kuwait|publisher= British Embassy Kuwait|date= |accessdate= 2012-10-24|archive-url= http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130102203655/http%3A//ukinkuwait.fco.gov.uk/en/about%2Dus/working%2Dwith%2Dkuwait/royal%2Dvisits/PoW%2DFeb%2D2007|archive-date= 2013-01-02|url-status= dead}}
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.[https://firstforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/P12-13-Ben-Wallace-MoD-message.pdf Message from The Rt Hon. Ben Wallace MP] Ministry of Defence
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.majcsc.gov.kw}}
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Category:Military units and formations established in 1995
Category:Military education and training in Kuwait
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