Rear Admiral Alan T. Baker, USN (born in Santa Ana, CA, 1956), is a retired American Navy officer who served as the 16th Chaplain of the United States Marine Corps from 2006 to 2009.

[1] Alan "Blues" T. Baker graduated with merit from the United States Naval Academy in 1978[2] and reported to USS Brooke for his first sea tour.

Graduating from Fuller Theological Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree in 1987, Baker was ordained by the Reformed Church in America and recalled to active duty as a Navy chaplain.

[4][5] In 2006, Baker attended the Executive Business Course at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, and in 2007, received an Honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Grove City College in Pennsylvania.

In this role, Baker partnered with Senior Pastor John Ortberg in casting and executing the vision for the church, which has locations in Menlo Park, San Mateo, and Mountain View, CA.

That same year Baker was named a visiting fellow at the Institute for Public Service and Policy Development at Nyack College,[6] Washington DC where he served in an advisory role on leadership studies.