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It would also reduce overall operating costs, and making maintenance operations more effective, the command added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two other entrants won the runner-up prizes of $125,000 each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An idea for a virtual reality lab for teaching foreign students English was the first runner-up. This entry, from English as a second language instructors Guy Stieglitz and Greg Foreman of the Defense Language Institute English Language Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas, sought to use 3D models and take advantage of the resources and expertise that already exist in the Air Force to improve how international students from allied and partner nations learn English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second runner-up idea, from Master Sgt. Douglas Gissendanner of the 59th Medical Operations Squadron at Lackland\u2019s 59th Medical Wing, seeks to improve the feedback process for medical personnel. The VAPOR \u2014 or Validated Assessment Program for Operation Readiness \u2014 concept would streamline training efforts, lower costs and improve the readiness of medics, AETC said. Gissendaner is the wing\u2019s operational medicine senior enlisted adviser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prize recipients will next try to further develop their ideas, track down more resources to make them a reality, and find other innovators they can collaborate with and learn from. The prize money is intended to be used as seed money to flesh out their concepts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe 2022 iChallenge winners embody our need to modernize our learning opportunities and techniques to train airmen and bridge our force development gaps and challenges,\u201d Lt. Col. 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