A career field in the Air Force, the maintainers who inspect, repair, and service the ejection systems on fighters and bombers. They are the elite of the elite, knowing perfection as a way of
life, with the understanding that
success means life, and that failure entails death. They
work harder than all other maintainers, on explosive parts that can kill them in a second, with tolerances in the thousandths of an inch, to make sure that when a pilot pulls that
yellow handle, he can be sure that he's going to get out of that aircraft. Because when all else fails, Egress prevails.
"That guy is a sexy bitch. And he can out-
drink everyone else in the
bar. AND he is infinitely smarter than all those crew chiefs. Who is he?"
"Oh, that's SSgt Taronji. He's an Egress troop."
"Egress,
eh? That explains everything."