OCSJX-16 effective in growing warfighter understanding

[The Patriot]

Operational contract support, or OCS, training for more than 500 participants from across the DOD ended April 8 after 21 days as part of the Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2016 in El Paso.OCSJX-16 integrated planning and key processes for the OCS; contract support integration, contracting support and contractor management functions. It included a focus on OCS readiness for those deploying in support of combatant commanders. This year, OCSJX-16 used the U.S. Southern Command Panama Canal defense scenario to support training and assessment of operational contract support capabilities.

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