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 person whose activities or beliefs are characterized by unionism. 2. a member of a trade union. 3. (initial capital letter) a supporter of the federal union of the United States of America, especially during the Civil War.