 Beale was assigned to support Arctic and Antarctic research as a deployable pilot with USCG Polar Operations Division in 2000.The aviation detachment (AVDET) under his command assisted chief scientist Dr. Jackie Grebmeier and researchers from the University of Tennessee sailing with USCGC Healy in 2004 to further understand global climate change.He was then assigned as the Ship-Helicopter standardization training team in Mobile, Alabama.