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.
Trade Union Definition: 1  It must be formally in existence with a constutition and a defined membership; 2  It must have as a stated purpose, the collective representation of the group of employees in regards to the common employer; and. 3  It must not be dominated by the employer.