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    OPERATIONAL CONTRACT SUPPORT JOINT EXERCISE 2015

    Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2015

    Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2015    

    Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2015 (OCSJX-15) is an Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise focused on producing shelf-ready products for future operations, training contracting and non-contracting personnel, and increasing senior leader awareness and involvement in Operational Contract Support. More than 1,000 service members and civil servants from all branches of the Department of Defense, and coalition service partners from three other countries are participating in OCSJX-15. The exercise provides the necessary OCS training, tools and confidence needed to succeed while deployed in support of any contingency operation or natural disaster.

    20 Featured Videos

    OCSJX-15 Closing Video

    OCSJX-15 Closing Video
    04.09.15 | Courtesy Video | HAF
    Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2015 (OCSJX-15) is an Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise focused on producing shelf-ready...
    OCS is Commanders' Business

    OCS is Commanders' Business
    04.09.15 | Courtesy Video | HAF
    Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2015 (OCSJX-15) is an Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise focused on producing shelf-ready...
    Why is OCS Important?

    Why is OCS Important?
    04.09.15 | Courtesy Video | HAF
    Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2015 (OCSJX-15) is an Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise focused on producing shelf-ready...
    What is OCS?

    What is OCS?
    04.09.15 | Courtesy Video | HAF
    Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2015 (OCSJX-15) is an Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise focused on producing shelf-ready...
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    72 Featured Images

    Not just contracting: JREC represents commander, operator in full-circle OCS

    Not just contracting: JREC represents...
    04.09.15 | MSgt Beth Del Vecchio | AETC
    U.S. Army Col. John Helm (far left), an Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2015 senior mentor, acting as a member of a simulated Joint...
    Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2015

    Operational Contract Support Joint...
    03.31.15 | TSgt Robert Barnett | JBERPA
    U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Sondra Nensala briefs military and contracting ethics to members of the U.S. military and multi-national partners from the...
    Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2015

    Operational Contract Support Joint...
    03.31.15 | TSgt Robert Barnett | JBERPA
    Lew Sigmon teaches a class on the importance of Operational Contract Support to U.S. service members and multinational partners from Britain and...
    Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2015

    Operational Contract Support Joint...
    03.31.15 | TSgt Robert Barnett | JBERPA
    Members of the British and Canadian militaries attend a briefing, alongside U.S. military members, on the strategic effects of Operational...
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    7 Featured Stories

    Consideration of economic, social...
    04.09.15 | MSgt Beth Del Vecchio | AETC
    In times of conflict, socioeconomic vulnerabilities can be magnified. For Operational Contract Support professionals, recognizing trends and understanding the economic climate, within a region of operation, is essential to ensure tactical-level OCS decisions have positive strategic-level effects.
    Not just contracting: JREC represents commander, operator in full-circle OCS

    Not just contracting: JREC represents...
    04.09.15 | MSgt Beth Del Vecchio | AETC
    Truly successful Operational Contract Support is not just about contracting; its real power lies in the second and third-order effects of...

    Effects-based contracting used as...
    03.25.15 | MSgt Beth Del Vecchio | AETC
    During Operation Iraqi Freedom, what could be considered a simple contract to clean up trash was used as a commander’s tool to achieve much greater military objectives. Lessons learned from this type of effects-based contracting have led to a shift in the way the Department of Defense handles the planning of Operational Contract Support for military operations.

    OCSJX-15 scenario execution phase begins
    03.24.15 | MSgt Veronica McMahon | 92ARW
    Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2015 scenario execution phase began here March 24 and will continue through March 29.
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