Lt. Gen. (Ret.) M. Alfan Baharudin is a retired Navy officer who graduated from the Naval Academy in 1981. He has served as Commander of the Indonesian Navy's Marine Corps and has led the Jala Mengkara Detachment (Denjaka) , one of the elite troops of the navy, whose personnel is a combination of KOPASKA and Yontaifib. He was trusted to lead the National SAR Agency (BASARNAS) from 2012 to 2014. He has received various service stars for his service as a soldier such as Bintang Yudha Dharma Naraya, Bintang Jalasena Pratama, Bintang Jalasena Naraya, and others.