As of January 2010, the 4-week Ranger Indoctrination Program (RIP) has become RASP (Ranger Assessment and Selection Program) and is now 8 weeks long. There are two separate phases in the RASP program.
Definition of civil union for English Language Learners. : a legal relationship between two people of the same sex that gives them some of the same rights and responsibilities that married people have.
Labor Unions. A labor union is a third-party organization that acts as liaison between workers and the management of the companies that hire them. Labor unions commonly represent workers who perform manual labor, such as factory workers and janitors, but they can also represent teachers and other educated workers.