Story by Tech. Sgt. Beth Del Vecchio | Air Education and Training Command | 04.09.2015
Truly successful Operational Contract Support is not just about contracting; its real power lies in the second and third-order effects of decisions made during all phases of operations....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Beth Del Vecchio | Air Education and Training Command | 04.09.2015
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....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Beth Del Vecchio | Air Education and Training Command | 03.25.2015
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....
Story by Staff Sgt. Veronica McMahon | 92nd Air Refueling Wing | 03.24.2015
Roughly 1,000 joint, total force and coalition service members and civilians traveled from around the world to participate in the largest Operational Contract Support exercise to date, OCS Joint Exercise 2015....
Story by Staff Sgt. Veronica McMahon | 92nd Air Refueling Wing | 03.24.2015
Operational Contract Support Joint Exercise 2015 scenario execution phase began here March 24 and will continue through March 29....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Beth Del Vecchio | Air Education and Training Command | 03.17.2015
More than $30 billion was lost from contract waste and fraud during military contingencies in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2001 to 2011, according to a congressionally chartered Commission on Wartime Contracting report from 2011....
Story by Staff Sgt. Veronica McMahon | 92nd Air Refueling Wing | 03.16.2015
Operational Contract Support, OCS, is the planning for and obtaining of supplies, services and construction from commercial sources in support of joint operations, along with the associated contract support integration, contracting support and management of contracted functions....
