Aldric Marshal Picard

Aldric "Marshal" Picard is portrayed by Marshal and is a former United States Ranger and Police Officer that now serves as Deputy Director of the Department of Justice.

## Aldric "Marshal" Picard

### Position/Rank

Deputy Director of Federal Investigation Bureau

## Early Life

Aldric "Marshal" Picard was born at Los Santos Central Medical Centre to mother Louise Picard and father Jean-Luc Picard. He is the great-grandson of famous politician and intelligence director Aldric Lyons Picard. His great-grandfather was an instrumental person in the foundation of the Freeborn Republic in South America.

After the death of his great-grandfather, radical communist factions within the Republic inspired by communist insurgents in Argentina and Chile plotted to kidnap the Picard family for ransom. It was at this time that Freeborn intelligence services whisked the Picards out of the country and hid them in San Andreas where they would end up settling.

Throughout his teenage years he played football in high school and was in ROTC. Aldric attended the University of San Andreas, Los Santos for a Bachelor's Degree in Criminology. Upon graduation he moved to Emita, Florida where he would end up joining the Emita Police Department.

## Law Enforcement

#### Emita Police Department

Upon arrival in Emita, Florida Aldric used his degree in Criminology to get a job at the Emita Police Department where he would quickly climb the ranks and become one of the department's top officers. His policing efforts targeting multiple gangs and drug production facilities.

He is also credited with getting a sniper kill from over 350 yards on a suspect that was fleeing in a helicopter. While he was not awarded for this achievement it is one of the best moments of his law enforcement career with the EPD. The experience Picard gained during his time in the EPD would be invaluable for both his future career as a federal agent and his time in the military that was soon to come.

#### Federal Agent

After serving in the 2nd Special Service Force, a joint Canada-United States special operation group, Picard would move back to his home city of Los Santos and applied to join the Federal Investigation Bureau. He was recruited due to his years of service as a police officer and special operations experience. He joined the Internal Affairs Division under the command of Peter Pembrook.

He has since been promoted alongside Peter Pembrook and now leads the Federal Investigation Bureau's Law Enforcement efforts in San Andreas. Under his stout leadership the FIB has grown a fearsome reputation as the most effective and efficient law enforcement agency in San Andreas.

## Military Service

Picard served in the 2nd Special Service Force from 2009-2020. He joined the United States Army in 2009 as Lieutenant after leaving the EPD. As he continued serving he ended up qualifying for the US Army Rangers in 2011 and was assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment. He served in this regiment as a Lieutenant until 2017 when he was recruited to become an officer in the newly formed 2nd Special Service Force.

#### 75th Ranger Regiment

During his time in the 75th Ranger Regiment he was a part of multiple notable combat citations and operations. He served during Operation Neptune Spear in 2011 as quick reaction forces protecting a forward arming and repairing point that was supporting the Seal Team Six raid on Osama Bin Laden's compound. It is not known whether or not Picard was part of the Ranger team that transported Bin Laden's body to the USS Carl Vinson.

It was reported that on the evening of 26 April 2017, 50 Rangers from 3/75th joined 40 Afghan commandos to conduct a joint US-Afghan operation/raid that was targeting the headquarters of Abdul Hasib, the Emir of ISIS-K, in a village in Achin District, Nangarhar Province. The force was flown into Mohmand Valley and within minutes were engaged in a heavy, close-quarter firefight, AC-130 gunships, Apache helicopters, F-16 fighters and drones were called in to support the force firefight with ISIL-KP militants. The firefight lasted for 3 hours, resulting in 2 Rangers from C and D Companies died of injuries (possibly caused by friendly fire) after being medevaced and a third was also wounded, 35 (including Abdul Hasib and an unspecified number of ISIL-KP leaders) ISIL-KP militants were also killed.

It is estimated that Picard was deployed 8 times on various missions in connection to the Global War on Terrorism. During his time in the Rangers he was awarded the Iraq Campaign Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Medal, the Valorous Unit Award and the Silver Star Medal. He has various other campaign medals.

#### 2nd Special Service Force

In 2017 he was recruited to a new special operations group made up of Joint Task Force 2 operators and 75th Ranger Regiment soldiers. The new task force was primarily deployed on counter-terrorism operations in the Middle-East and Africa with a focus on Islamic Militants. Most of what the 2SSF did is still classified but what we know is that Picard was further trained in secret intelligence gathering, covert operations, marksmanship, and reconnaissance.

His most difficult time was when he was injured in combat during a campaign in Africa. He was awarded the Purple Heart from both the Canadian and American Government. He healed and by 2019 he was back in a combat role. He complete one further mission during Operation Black Out in Takistan before choosing to leave the military and move back to San Andreas in 2020.

## Personal Life

At various times Picard has said he does and doesn't have any family.He is known to be a very secretive and succinct person who does not often give real or straight answers to questions. As a federal agent and special operations soldier this is to be expected. There has been no targeted attempts on Picard's life but at various times he has been involved in heavy combat activities.

#### Political Views

Picard has not outwardly expressed any specific political views. He does represent the Police Officer's Union of San Andreas and has endorsed the Blue Party one time before during the 2nd Governor Election and the campaign of Calvin Uchiha. Picard is now known to be active in any other area of politics nor is he known to personally support any parties.

#### Hobbies and Trivia

He got the nickname "Marshal" during his time in the military for being a no-nonsense officer that expect perfect discipline and service from his subordinates.

Picard is a avid golfer and enjoys leisure activities in Los Santos, and can often be caught at the golf course when things are slow.

He often leads Hostage Negotiation during crisis situations but isn't afraid to get his hands dirty and will often times be seen leading breaching teams with the best of the SRT agents at his back.