Today the grandchildren of Vietnam War veterans are attending middle and high schools throughout America, sitting side-by-side with the children of those who served more recently in Desert Storm and the Iraq War. But how much do they really know about these conflicts and the sacrifices their dads, moms and grandparents proudly made?

Joining with social studies departments throughout the Country, the Veterans National Education Program (V-NEP) is teaching the lessons of these wars in the classroom. During the 2018-2019 school year, V-NEP will provide teachers with a free, collection of video clips and classroom lesson plans designed to support up to a 10-day learning experience. Our series of short video clips will bring history to life for students through expert interviews and highly visual, archival footage highlighting key events during Desert Storm and the Vietnam and Iraq Wars.

About the Veterans National Education Program (V-NEP)

The Veterans National Education Program (V-NEP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity, organized for the purpose of educating students about Modern History by providing historically accurate, relevant educational resources. The team was formed in 1999 on Veterans Day. V-NEP educates others through the viewpoint of “the eyes of those who serve, ” to the concept of preserving history through eyewitness accounts. Who better to teach succeeding generations of Americans than the men and women with boots-on-the-ground experience?

V-NEP provides tools that educators need to engage students, modern history documentaries including Band of Brothers, War in Europe, War in the Pacific, Tuskegee Airmen, The Humanitarian Effort in Vietnam, and Women in the Military. Online media content and lesson plans, a unique and engaging way for students to learn about U.S. Modern Military History: WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and now Iraq and Afghanistan, from the men and women, history-makers, who offer first-hand accounts. All of these tools are provided complimentary to educators.