Analyze aerial and satellite imagery to identify targets, assess damage, and provide intelligence support to operations.
ASVAB GT: 100
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Imagery Analysis Specialists study pictures of the earth taken from aircraft, satellites, and unmanned systems and explain what changed. Most of the work happens at a workstation in a secure facility, comparing images across time, measuring objects, annotating them, and writing up what you found. You support planners who need to know whether a bridge holds weight, whether a position is occupied, or whether a landing zone is clear. Deployed with an expeditionary unit you may be the only imagery Marine present, feeding a commander directly from a small compartment or tent. The pace swings between quiet study and urgent requests that need an answer inside the hour.
You learn photogrammetry basics, sensor characteristics, multispectral and infrared interpretation, and the software that stitches imagery into a usable product. Measuring and describing objects precisely from an image teaches an analytic rigor that generalizes far beyond the military. The training includes geographic information systems work, so building map products and layered analysis becomes routine. Writing concise reporting that a non specialist can act on is taught and graded here rather than left to chance. You hold a high level clearance and work with collection systems very few civilians ever touch.
Sustained attention to very small differences between two pictures is the habit this job drills into you hardest. You develop a careful mind about evidence, learning to separate what an image proves from what you assumed. The work builds comfort with being questioned, because your assessment will be challenged by people who need it to be right. Long hours of quiet, detailed study grow a concentration most people your age never build. Working alone in a deployed billet also teaches you to trust your own judgment and then defend it out loud.
This translates unusually well, because geospatial intelligence and remote sensing are real industries with real hiring. Federal mapping and intelligence agencies, satellite imagery companies, and geospatial contractors hire analysts with this exact experience. Commercial remote sensing now supports agriculture, insurance, energy, mining, and disaster response, and all of those buy analytic skill. GIS analyst work exists in city and county governments across the country and rewards the software fluency you built. The clearance and the GI Bill together make a geography or data science degree a straightforward next step.
You settle into the imagery workstation early to review the latest overhead collection tasked to your unit. Your day is spent exploiting aerial and satellite imagery, identifying targets and changes on the ground, and annotating products for planners. You work alongside other analysts to turn raw imagery into actionable intelligence and battle damage assessments.
Related career-field video—not specific to Marines 0241.
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Related field: Marine intelligence — CI/HUMINT perspective. Source occupation: Marines 0211.
A counterintelligence/human intelligence Marine describes his journey of lateral moving and his experiences in the 0211 job field on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, June 28, 2022. CI/HUMINT Marines detect and/or deny espionage, terrorism, sabotage and subversion by an adversary, and collect information through interpersonal contact. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Colton K. Garrett)
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$43,902–$74,948
2026 basic pay only; the same grade and service time pay the same across jobs. Promotions are assumed, not promised. Excludes allowances, bonuses and special pays.
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Official military rank referenceMarine NCO grades are E-4 and E-5; staff NCO grades are E-6 through E-9. At E-8 and E-9, first sergeant/sergeant major and master sergeant/master gunnery sergeant have distinct leadership roles. Warrant and commissioned officers are separate career tracks. This service-wide structure is not a verified promotion ceiling for this MOS.
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Analyze aerial and satellite imagery to identify targets, assess damage, and provide intelligence support to operations.
Imagery Analysis Specialists study pictures of the earth taken from aircraft, satellites, and unmanned systems and explain what changed. Most of the work happens at a workstation in a secure facility, comparing images across time, measuring objects, annotating them, and writing up what you found. You support planners who need to know whether a bridge holds weight, whether a position is occupied, or whether a landing zone is clear. Deployed with an expeditionary unit you may be the only imagery Marine present, feeding a commander directly from a small compartment or tent. The pace swings between quiet study and urgent requests that need an answer inside the hour.
You learn photogrammetry basics, sensor characteristics, multispectral and infrared interpretation, and the software that stitches imagery into a usable product. Measuring and describing objects precisely from an image teaches an analytic rigor that generalizes far beyond the military. The training includes geographic information systems work, so building map products and layered analysis becomes routine. Writing concise reporting that a non specialist can act on is taught and graded here rather than left to chance. You hold a high level clearance and work with collection systems very few civilians ever touch.
This translates unusually well, because geospatial intelligence and remote sensing are real industries with real hiring. Federal mapping and intelligence agencies, satellite imagery companies, and geospatial contractors hire analysts with this exact experience. Commercial remote sensing now supports agriculture, insurance, energy, mining, and disaster response, and all of those buy analytic skill. GIS analyst work exists in city and county governments across the country and rewards the software fluency you built. The clearance and the GI Bill together make a geography or data science degree a straightforward next step.
ASVAB GT: 100. This is the catalog's listed requirement, not an individual eligibility decision. Confirm the current standard and any exceptions with the service.
This specialty can be pursued through an initial enlistment, subject to eligibility and available contracts. Confirm the current status of this specific classification with an official recruiter.
Catalog sources consulted: 2026-09-26. This is not an entry-by-entry verification date. No record-specific verification date is recorded. Occupation audit evidence reviewed: 2026-09-26; this does not re-verify every requirement.
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NAVMC 1200.1L, FY26 Military Occupational Specialties Manual (effective October 1, 2025), chapter 1 · reviewed 2026-09-26
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Deployment likelihood: Moderate*
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