Jethro wants to be a general and Mr. Drysdale decides the safest idea is to get him into a boys military academy. With Jethro twice the size of the other boys, the commander has his doubts while a mock battle confuses Granny and Jed.
Jethro decides he wants to be a 5-star General in the Army. He wants to go to West Point, but Mr. Drysdale convinces him to apply to a local military school. The school normally only accepts boys, but the Commandant soon realizes the Clampett estate is adjacent to the upcoming war game site, which might give his cadets a decisive advantage.—Dionysius Exiguus