Members of the Atlantic Strike Team (AST) of the National Strike Force conduct training exercises underground in the National Response Tunnel in Charleston, W. Va. The AST is one of three teams that make up the National Strike Force. It is a vital national asset comprised of a highly trained cadre of Coast Guard professionals who maintain and rapidly deploy with specialized equipment and incident management skills any time to any place or hazard. Here members are training to respond to a generic subway disaster. A Coast Guard instructor on the right grades the team's performance. US Coast Guard Art Program 2009 Collection, Ob ID # 200928, "National Strike Force in training," Robert Semler
