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 union. 1. an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers; trade union. Taff Vale judge-made law renders the labor union hors de combat at a stroke. His plan calls for co-management of industry by the state and the labor union.