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.
A union of persons, parties, or states; a league. The persons, parties, or states joined in such a union. Confederacy The Confederate States of America. A group of people who have united for unlawful practices; a conspiracy.