Submitted by GuestUSMC (not verified) on Tue, 05/29/2012 - 8:42pm.
They should have to take a PT test to qualify for the job and every 6 months after that. Sunny Point is a highly sensitive installation, and those who keep it safe from intruders should be physically able to do so if the need arises. These guards are there protect, their jobs are not favors handed out just because they are disabled or veterans. I hope any who do not pass will find something else, but no one would hire a half-blind school bus driver or a one-armed fireman, so why have guards in a highly sensitive place who can't pass a physical test? Who knows when they might have to take physical action against someone.
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They should have to take a PT test to qualify for the job and every 6 months after that. Sunny Point is a highly sensitive installation, and those who keep it safe from intruders should be physically able to do so if the need arises. These guards are there protect, their jobs are not favors handed out just because they are disabled or veterans. I hope any who do not pass will find something else, but no one would hire a half-blind school bus driver or a one-armed fireman, so why have guards in a highly sensitive place who can't pass a physical test? Who knows when they might have to take physical action against someone.