Closing the Intelligence Gap for the U.S. Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps is one the seven branches of the United States Armed Forces and acts as the premier crisis response force for the country. With over 177,000 active personnel today, the Marine Corps is committed to advancing the country’s peace and security initiatives.

During this year’s Planet Explore conference, we were honored to have Chief Warrant Officer 3 Andrew D. Kremmel from the 5th Marine Regiment share how Planet’s global, high cadence satellite imagery is improving their ability to sense and observe. In today’s complex modern warfare environment, military operations often take place in remote or hard-to-reach locations, making it difficult to gather timely and accurate intelligence using traditional means. Planet’s satellite data delivers a layer of situational awareness that can provide friendly forces better freedom of movement, as well as increase the military’s ability to expedite tactical early warnings, enhance response coordination, mitigate risks, minimize damages, and save lives.

“[Planet data] gives analysts unparalleled opportunities to discover and monitor activity, and provides near real-time answers to critical questions concerning the estimate of current force dispositions, potential adversary activities, future actions, and anticipated reactions,” said Kremmel.