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.
civil definition, civil meaning | English dictionary. civil. n a person qualified to design, construct, and maintain public works, such as roads, bridges, harbours, etc. 1 the personal rights of the individual citizen, in most countries upheld by law, as in the U.S.