I know way more than you do about UAE armed forces. They actually have staff shortage at all levels. All local guys are officers, the non national infantrymen.
They are never going to have a real army, a real military does not depend on foreigners running your ships, flying your planes, manning your air defences. They have the french flying their Mirages and the Americans as support and ground crew for F-16s. Some infact flying their F-16s. So much so that they banned Pakistani trainers from flying F-16s ( uncle being a trainer there at Dhafrah base ). Where is the ummah here. Khair dont blame them, their planes Americans rules.
Oh they have the best education available, but throwing eduation doesnt create a nation, hardwork does and the locals have no bone for hardwork. All their systems are dependant on foreigners. If they leave UAE will be a wasteland. Then comes the racism, if they see people like you they will call you miskeen on your face, treat you like shit. Khair I'm American so they were always vary and unsure of what to say