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General Dewey "Ox" Oxberger, the first soldier to rise from private to general since actor-flyer Jimmy Stewart, announced his impending retirement from the Army earlier today.
Despite his remarkable rise over a 33 year career, Gen Oxberger was proudest of his role as a private in the so called Bratislava Matter. In that incident, classified for many years, Private Oxburger and a small group of enlisted men and women successfully exfiltrated the Army's most advanced weapon, the EMC-50 Urban Assault Vehicle, from a fortified Russian compound in then Communist Czechoslovakia, where it had been mistakenly driven. In addition to an unprecedented array of war-fighting technologies, the EMC-50 could sleep 8 and featured an indoor barbecue grill.
Gen. Oxberger was celebrated among the lower ranks of the Army for two other early accomplishments. First, his enlistment was a miscue on his part: he believed the contract to enlist and undergo Basic Training was merely a revocable agreement to vacation at a rigorous weight loss spa. Shortly after, he was the first Ft. Knox soldier to defeat six women in a simultaneous mud wrestling match.
Gen. Oxberger did not reveal post-retirement plans. It has been reported by industry sources that he may lend his distinctive name to a fast food franchising concept.
General Dewey "Ox" Oxberger, the first soldier to rise from private to general since actor-flyer Jimmy Stewart, announced his impending retirement from the Army earlier today.
Despite his remarkable rise over a 33 year career, Gen Oxberger was proudest of his role as a private in the so called Bratislava Matter. In that incident, classified for many years, Private Oxburger and a small group of enlisted men and women successfully exfiltrated the Army's most advanced weapon, the EMC-50 Urban Assault Vehicle, from a fortified Russian compound in then Communist Czechoslovakia, where it had been mistakenly driven. In addition to an unprecedented array of war-fighting technologies, the EMC-50 could sleep 8 and featured an indoor barbecue grill.
Gen. Oxberger was celebrated among the lower ranks of the Army for two other early accomplishments. First, his enlistment was a miscue on his part: he believed the contract to enlist and undergo Basic Training was merely a revocable agreement to vacation at a rigorous weight loss spa. Shortly after, he was the first Ft. Knox soldier to defeat six women in a simultaneous mud wrestling match.
Gen. Oxberger did not reveal post-retirement plans. It has been reported by industry sources that he may lend his distinctive name to a fast food franchising concept.
