Role Playing
Player Support Services
AST provides professional role player support services for a wide range of training exercises, evaluations, and simulations. Our experienced personnel bring authenticity, precision, and depth to every scenario, creating realistic, hands-on experiences that enhance mission readiness and performance.
Experience and Reputation
AST has delivered role player support nationwide for numerous U.S. Government agencies, including the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC), the National Guard Bureau, and various branches of the Air Force and Army. Our teams have also supported Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Over the years, AST has built a strong reputation for professionalism, reliability, and safety. Each role player is carefully screened, trained, and evaluated to ensure the highest level of realism while maintaining strict safety standards. Our comprehensive preparation process enables AST to meet the most complex training objectives and exceed client expectations.
Capabilities and Specializations
AST provides highly adaptable role players capable of supporting tactical, operational, and cultural training environments. Our team can portray a full range of scenarios—from civilians and foreign officials to opposing forces and emergency responders. We also specialize in region- and dialect-specific role playing to meet the cultural and linguistic demands of complex missions.
For medical and disaster training, AST offers professional moulage services that replicate realistic injuries, wounds, and prosthetic effects. These expertly crafted simulations are used in National Guard and emergency management exercises, helping trainees develop the confidence and readiness required for high-stress environments.
Our role players can be integrated into virtually any scenario, including intelligence operations, cultural engagement, unconventional warfare, and large-scale emergency response events. Each engagement is designed to align precisely with client objectives, ensuring every training experience is immersive, authentic, and mission-relevant.
Support and Realism Enhancements
AST maintains an extensive inventory of battlefield effects, props, uniforms, and support equipment to enhance the realism of training environments. From authentic weapons replicas and cultural attire to smoke generators, scent simulators, and building facades, every detail contributes to a fully immersive experience. Our logistics team ensures all materials are deployed safely and efficiently, supporting exercises of any scale.
Commitment to Excellence
At AST, we understand that realistic training saves lives. Our investment in recruiting, screening, and developing top-tier role players sets us apart in the industry. By combining professionalism, cultural sensitivity, and operational authenticity, AST ensures every training event achieves its intended goals—effectively, safely, and with unmatched realism.
AST offers a wide range of training and instruction courses and programs, primarily in military subjects.
Due to increased demand for all things moulage. AST is launching a moulage (Simulated Injuries) company that provides Moulage Artist Training, Moulage Kits, Moulage Supplies, and Moulage Services for Training scenarios. Our Website will be up and running about Mid-January 2022 with limited but ever increasing offerings.