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.
9. the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts. 10. a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner) 11. the act of making or becoming a single unit. Familiarity information: UNION used as a noun is familiar. â¢ UNION (adjective) The adjective UNION has 2 senses: 1. being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War. 2. of trade unions. Familiarity information: UNION used as an adjective is rare.