Col. Powledge was commissioned in 1996 through the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program. He served for over 25 years as an infantry officer in positions from platoon commander to battalion commander. His operational deployments include two MEU(SOC), two tours in Al Anbar Province as a company commander, a yearlong deployment to Helmand Province as the 1st Marine Division future operations officer in 2012 and a unit deployment program rotation to Okinawa as the commanding officer of 3d Battalion, 2d Marines in 2015. His most recent operational tour was as the chief of staff for Joint Task Force Civil Support at Fort Eustis, Virginia from 2019-2021.