Brigadier General Pickering is one of the top Marine Corps brass stationed in Brisbane, Australia who reports directly to General MacArthur. His idiosyncrasies include driving his own car and living in a rented house near the race track instead of in military barracks provided for the officers. The general also refuses a personal bodyguard, and usually seems impatient with military bureaucracy, which angers his fellow officers but endears him to the rank-and-file troops. Pickering is known to be on a first name basis with El Supremo.
