Mubarak al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College retained British military instructors to this day. It trains and educates officers from all military services and all nations in the Gulf Cooperation Council. The College is named after Lieutenant General Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Chief of General Staff of the Kuwait Armed Forces from 1963 to 1980. Mubarak al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College The Mubarak al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College (, abbreviated in English as MAJCSC) is a military educational institution in Kuwait City, Kuwait, which prepares field grade officers to lead at the operational level of warfare. The British Embassy in Kuwait considers the College
Transformation of the Ottoman Empire military ventures could occasionally lead to escalation, as in 1592-3 when the Long War was provoked by the Ottoman governor of Bosnia's conquest of Bihać. In contrast with their Hungarian and Safavid frontiers, the Ottomans generally did not seek to expand further north from the Black Sea, being concerned primarily with its defense and the security of its sea lanes. The Ottomans maintained a series of fortresses along the Black Sea's northern shore, in the territory of modern Ukraine. Major sites were located in Akkerman, Özü, and Azak. Also of critical importance for the northern frontier was the Ottoman vassal