Bryan Sprankle
Bryan C. Sprankle was born and raised in Granite City, IL. In 1988, Bryan joined the Marine Corps, and after completing various schools, he reported to Marine Corps Security Forces Company, Panama where he participated in Operation Just Cause.
In 1992 Bryan entered the Marine Corps Reserve and attended Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Upon graduation, Bryan was selected to attend the Marine Corps Officers Candidate School. In 1998, Bryan reported to 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, Cherry Point, NC for duty as a Platoon Commander. Ironically, Bryan’s first introduction to drones was their use as targets, and his task then was to shoot them down with Stinger missiles!
Bryan was ordered to Marine Tactical Air Control Squadron-28 Cherry Point, NC in 2005 for duty as an Aviation Close Battle Coordinator and deployed in this capacity to Operation Iraqi Freedom 04-06. In 2006 he was assigned to II Marine Expeditionary Force to serve as the Airspace Planner in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 06-08 where he personally managed the airspace for western Iraq. In these roles, Bryan gained critical knowledge and insight into airspace, aviation systems and aviation command and control. In 2008 he was ordered to Quantico, VA to serve as an operational planner and supported support numerous operations to include a deployment in this capacity in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan).
In 2014, Bryan retired from the Marine Corps at the rank of Major (O-4) after 24 years of service, and moved to the Shreveport, LA area where he was hired by the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Office. He graduated his police academy class as the Class Honor Graduate and Class President. Bryan was selected to join the Bossier Sheriff’s Office Drone Unit in 2017 and has served as a drone pilot flying numerous missions in support of law enforcement operations. In 2019 he was promoted and selected to lead the Bossier Sheriff’s Office Drone Unit. In this role, he has made great strides in the development and training of his team of five pilots. In 2020 he obtained his commercial 14CFR Part 107 Commercial Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) pilot license and began to fly commercial drone flights in his free time.
Bryan has seen firsthand the usefulness of drones in a variety of applications in the military, public, and private sectors. With his extensive and unique background in aviation, planning, training, consultation, and law enforcement he created Insight Drone Services, LLC to bring these new cutting-edge technologies to government agencies. Through Insight Drone Services Bryan has trained multiple public agencies in Louisiana and has become a regional subject matter expert in the field of UASs. Additionally, Bryan recently completed a new publication, “Drones Operations for Public Agencies” which is positioned to be the gold standard publication for use in public agency drone operations nationwide.