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Texas Light Foot Militia Tyler: Texas State Militia Austin: Big Spring: Houston: Bell County Minutemen Bell County, Texas: Washington: Washington Light Foot Militia [D] Spokane County: West Virginia: Ohio Valley Minutemen Citizen's Volunteer Militia [E] Charleston: Wisconsin: Kenosha Guard [34] Kenosha
[5] [6] Depending on the state, they may be variously named as state military, state military force, state guard, state militia, or state military reserve. Every state defense force is also the command authority for the " unorganized militia ", which is defined as every able bodied male between the age of 17 and 45 who is not already serving in ...
Since the Militia Act of 1903, many states have created and maintained a reserve military force known as state defense forces; some states refer to them as state military reserves or state guards. They were created to assist, support, and augment National Guard forces during peacetime conditions.
State defense forces (also known as state guards, state military reserves, or state militias) in the United States are military units that operate under the sole authority of a state government. (Unless formally federalized by congress and approved by POTUS)
Alabama [32]; California [33]. The California Naval Militia was reactivated in 1976 by the Governor of California. Unlike New York and the few other states with ship-borne active naval militia units, the California Naval Militia is a small unit of military lawyers and strategists who provide advice and legal expertise in the field of military and naval matters for the benefit of California's ...
Donald Trump’s mass pardon of 1,500 January 6 participants, including the leaders of the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys, has reinvigorated a weakened U.S. militia movement and empowered white ...
Several states have new gun laws going into effect in 2025. Everytown for Gun Safety released a new ranking Wednesday of the laws in all 50 states.
With the post-2007 global financial crisis and the election of Barack Obama to the United States presidency in 2008, militia activity experienced a resurgence. [17] [18] [19] Militia groups have recently been involved in several high-profile standoffs, including the Bundy Standoff in 2014 and the Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife ...