Career
He is an alumnus of the United States Military Academy and United States Naval Postgraduate School. He also received military education at the Armed Forces Staff College and United States Army War College. Silvasy saw combat duty in three different countries.
From 1964 to 1965 he participated in the United States intervention in the Dominican Republic with the 82nd Airborne Division.
From 1966 to 1967 he served with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam. In 1983 he was back with the 82nd Airborne for the invasion of Grenada.
Some of Silvasy"s key duty assignments were as Director of the Operational Plans and Interoperability Directorate for the Joint Staff at the Pentagon.