[5] He is on the advisory board of Americans for Safe Aerospace, which describes itself as a "military pilot-led nonprofit organization focused on UAP".

Gallaudet served in various naval assignments before returning to Scripps for his doctoral studies in 1997 under the direction of Christian de Moustier.

He has experience in weather and ocean forecasting, hydrographic surveying, developing policy and plans to counter illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing, and assessing the national security impacts of climate change.

[14][15] In this role, he established the first Navy SEAL program for unmanned aerial and underwater vehicles and other sensors to detect and locate enemy forces.

[21][22] In February 2019, Gallaudet was replaced as Acting NOAA Administrator by Neil Jacobs, remaining as the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.