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."