Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2017 (OCSJX-17) is focused on producing shelf-ready products for future operations, training, contracting and non-contracting personnel while increasing senior leader awareness and involvement in operational contract support (OCS). More than 1,000 service members and civil servants from all branches of the Department of Defense as well as coalition service partners from three countries are participating in OCSJX-17. The exercise provides the necessary OCS training, tools and confidence needed to succeed while deployed in support of contingency operations or natural disasters.