Symbols of suppression. White supremacy, racism ngs and other toxic beliefs exist in our ranks impacting how black soldiers advance, their assignments, career fields, and how they are treated and assessed. Africanamericans comprise just a single digit percentage of Fighter Pilots and navigators, only 5 of army green berets, 2 of navy seals, and only 0. 6 of the air forces rescue jumpers are black. Structural racism still exists in our military formations. 43 of Minority Service members report they have seen examples of White Nationalism or racism within the ranks. These issues didnt happen suddenly but festered unchecked by a culture of indifference or intolerance. This culture extends to gender disparities we still see in our armed forces. We have made progress and this year witness historic barrier breaking firsts. Chief Master Sergeant joanne bass was selected as the first woman to serve as the highest ranking noncommissioned officer in a Service Components. Lieutenant junior grade
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announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, countdown to the olympic games with matt lauer, live from olympic park in london, england, and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning and welcome to a special split edition of today monday morning. i m matt lauer in london s olympic park. good morning, everyone. i m savannah guthrie in studio 1a. matt, it looks beautiful there. how is it going so far? it is nice. let me give awe lay of the land. i m in olympic park. behind me you can see olympic stadium. by its side you see the viewing tower a lot of people love and a lot of people hate. just below that you see some of the aquatic center and that will be the source of the scene of an awful lot of action over the next several weeks, savannah. i ll tell you, we re expecting your arrival on wednesday with great anticipation. when the calderon is lit, london will become the first city to host the olympic games three times
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days away. the count down has begun. the olympic torch has arrived in london and so have we today, monday, july 23rd, 2012. announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, countdown to the olympic games with matt lauer, live from olympic park in london, england, and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning and welcome to a special split edition of today monday morning. i m matt lauer in london s olympic park. good morning, everyone. i m savannah guthrie in studio 1a. matt, it looks beautiful there. how is it going so far? it is nice. let me give awe lay of the land. i m in olympic park. behind me you can see olympic stadium. by its side you see the viewing tower a lot of people love and a lot of people hate. just below that you see some of the aquatic center and that will be the source of the scene of an awful lot of action over the next several weeks, savannah. i ll tell you, we re expecting your arrival on wednes
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