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: A defined group of employees formed for the purposes of representing those employees with the employer as to the terms of a collective contract of employment. Related Terms: Union, Labor Union, Labor Organization, Collective Bargaining