Marc Baldwin served in the Navy from 1988-2020, retiring as a CWO4.

He served 21 years as a cryptologic linguist in Russian, Serbo-Croatian, and Bulgarian, and 10 years as a Chief Warrant Officer. During his varied assignments he qualified as an Expeditionary Warfare Specialist, Naval Aircrewman, Air Warfare Specialist, Master Training Specialist, Maritime Senior Watch Officer, Cryptologic Warfare Officer, Information Warfare Officer, and Information Operations Watch Officer. His deployments included Bosnia and Iraq, multiple ships and submarines, and over 1000 flight hours.