Major Gene Harb assumed command of Recruiting Station Harrisburg on 21 June 2024.

Major Harb’s operational assignments include platoon commander and company executive officer with 1st Battalion, 3d Marines; Mountain Operations Team Leader with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency; and Company Commander with 3d Battalion, 8th Marines. He has deployment experience throughout the Indo-Pacific and Europe.

His staff experience includes an assignment to Combat Development Command, HQMC, where he served as the Littoral Maneuver Capabilities Officer and the Aide de Camp to the Deputy Commandant, Combat Development & Integration.

Major Harb is a distinguished graduate of The Basic School, Expeditionary Warfare School, and the Command & Staff College. He is also an Operations & Tactics Instructor and a fully qualified Marine Corps Mountain Leader.

Major Harb is married to McKinsey Harb, an active-duty Army Strategist. They have four young children.