[5] Silveria's speech quickly garnered national attention, as he scolded the Air Force Academy cadet wing and demanded the "racists... to get out.

[7] He served as Executive Director of the Washington, D.C., branch of Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service until January 2025.

[10] The son of a master sergeant, Silveria is a 1981 graduate of Lakenheath American High School in England,[11] where he participated in soccer, baseball, forensics, drama, and the National Honor Society; he was voted "Most Talented" by his classmates.

He was an instructor pilot at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona, in the late 1980s, where he flew Cessna T-37 aircraft for the 96th Flying Training Squadron.

Between 1991 and 1995, he served at Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina, where he flew F-15E Strike Eagles for the 334th Fighter Squadron, completing multiple deployments during Operation SOUTHERN WATCH.

From February 2014 to April 2016, Silveria served as the commanding general of the United States Air Force Warfare Center, Nellis AFB, Nevada.

Silveria retired from the United States Air Force on November 1, 2020, and Lieutenant General Richard M. Clark succeeded him as Superintendent.