Operational contract support course.

The Army Logistics Management College (ALMC) held the first Operational Contract Support Course (OSCS) in February at its Huntsville, Alabama, campus. Twenty-two students received diplomas from Colonel Shelley Richardson, the ALMC Commandant, who also gave the graduation address.

OSCS prepares officers, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and Department of Defense civilians assigned to tactical staffs at the brigade through theater Army levels who will assist in planning and integrating contract support during deployments.

The course teaches students how to prepare acquisition-ready requirements packages and manage unit contracting officer's representative responsibilities for basic service and supply contracts.

The class includes practical exercises in preparing performance work statements, independent government cost estimates, and purchase requests and in conducting contract performance oversight.

The class is open to all components of all services and is designed for personnel who will be assigned to units with contract planning and management duties. Graduates of the course will receive additional skill identifier 3C.

ALMC has scheduled future courses at Huntsville and at the main ALMC campus at Fort Lee, Virginia. The next class is scheduled for 15 June. For more information about the course, visit www.almc.army.mil/hsv/ocsc.htm.