LAKEHURST – Officials of Ocean County Vocational Technical School (OCVTS) and Mercer County College recently signed an educational agreement linking the institutions’ aviation programs. Ocean County students in the Aviation and Aerospace Technology Program will be able to earn up to six Mercer County College Tech Prep credits while taking OCVTS courses. The Tech Prep concept allows high students to make a “seamless transition” into college programs. Shown left to right are Mark Lamb, OCVTS Aviation Instructor; OCVTS Superintendent William P. Hoey Jr.; Joseph Blasenstein, Mercer County College Aviation Program Coordinator, and Vern Beadle, Principal of the OCVTS Career & Technical Institute. The institute is housed in Hangar One at NAVAIR, Lakehurst . It is the only public high school on a U.S. military base.