Cmdr. Silverman joined the Coast Guard in 2000, when he reported as a cadet to the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. Upon graduation in 2004, he began his career as a “cutterman” serving aboard six ships and commanding two of them. Most recently he was the commanding officer of USCGC ESCANABA (WMEC 907) homeported in Portsmouth, Virginia. When not serving afloat, he has had tours back at the Coast Guard Academy, mentoring and leading future officers and at Coast Guard Head Quarters in Washington, D.C., in Officer Personnel Management at the Personnel Service Center, where he was the special and support assignment officer and then the Officer Career Management branch chief.
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Past Positions
- Commanding Officer, USCGC ESCANABA, United States Coast Guard
- Career Management Branch Chief, Officer Peronel Management, United States Coast Guard
- Support & Special Assignment Officer, Officer Peronel Management, United States Coast Guard
- Executive Officer, USCGC SPENCER, United States Coast Guard
- Deck Watch Officer (Temp Duty), USCGC EAGLE, United States Coast Guard
- Company Officer, US Coast Guard Academy, United States Coast Guard
- Commanding Officer, USCGC ASSATEAGUE, United States Coast Guard
- Staff Officer, Atlantic Area Command, United States Coast Guard
- Executive Officer, USCGC MONSOON, United States Coast Guard
- Deck Watch Officer, USCGC THETIS, United States Coast Guard
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Education
- M.A., U.S. Naval War College
- M.A., American Military University
- B.A., U.S. Coast Guard Academy