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- Militia abstract "A militia /mᵻˈlɪʃə/ generally is an army or other fighting unit that is composed of non-professional fighters, citizens of a nation or subjects of a state or government who can be called upon to enter a combat situation, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel, or historically, members of the warrior nobility class (e.g., knights or samurai). Unable to hold their own against properly-trained and -equipped professional forces, it is common for militias to engage in guerrilla warfare or defense instead of being used in open attacks and offensive actions.However, beginning as early as the late 20th century, some militias (particularly officially recognized and sanctioned militias of a government) act as professional forces, while still being \"part-time\" or \"on-call\" organizations. For instance, the members of some U.S. Army National Guard and Air National Guard units are considered professional soldiers and airmen, respectively, as they are trained to maintain, and do maintain, the same standards as their \"full-time\" (active duty) counterparts. Therefore, these professional militia men and women of the National Guard of the United States are colloquially known as \"citizen-soldiers\" or \"citizen-airmen\".Militias thus can be military or paramilitary, depending on the instance. Some of the situations the term \"militia\" is used include forces engaged in: Defense activity or service, to protect a community, its territory, property, and laws. The entire able-bodied population of a community, town, county, or state, available to be called to arms. A subset of these who may be legally penalized for failing to respond to a call-up. A subset of these who actually respond to a call-up, regardless of legal obligation. A private, non-government force, not necessarily directly supported or sanctioned by its government. An official reserve army, composed of citizen soldiers. Called by various names in different countries such as; the Army Reserve, National Guard, or state defense forces. The national police forces in several former communist states such as the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries, but also in the non-aligned SFR Yugoslavia. The term was inherited in Russia, and other former CIS countries and are known as militsiya. In France the equivalent term \"Milice\" has become tainted due to its use by notorious collaborators with Nazi Germany. A select militia is composed of a small, non-representative portion of the population, often politicized.↑ ↑ ↑".
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- Militia wikiPageExternalLink ACLED-Conflict-Trends-Report-No.-33-January-2015_updated.pdf.
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- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Act_of_Parliament.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Acts_of_Union_1707.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Air_National_Guard.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink American_Civil_War.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink American_Indian_Wars.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink American_Revolutionary_War.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Ancient_Rome.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Anglesey.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Anglo-Saxons.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Anti-aircraft_warfare.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Arab_Muslims.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Argentine_Army.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Argentine_Civil_Wars.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Argentine_War_of_Independence.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Arkansas_Militia_in_the_Civil_War.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Armed_forces.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Armenian_fedayi.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Army.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Army_Cadet_Force.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Army_Reserve.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom).
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Army_of_the_Guardians_of_the_Islamic_Revolution.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Arquebus.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Articles_of_Confederation.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Artillery.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Artillery_Ground.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Assault_on_Copenhagen_(1659).
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Atholl_Highlanders.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Auckland.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Australia.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Australian_Army_Reserve.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Australian_Military_Forces.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Austrian_Armed_Forces.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Austrian_Civil_War.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Azad_Kashmir.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Badr_Organization.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Bartolomé_Mitre.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Basij.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Battalion.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_San_Jacinto.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_the_Alamo.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Bavarian_Soviet_Republic.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Bermuda.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Bermuda_Militias_1612–1815.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Bill_of_Rights_1689.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Blackshirts.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Book_of_Judges.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Border_guard.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Bounty_(reward).
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Brighton.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink British_Army.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink British_Empire.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink British_Volunteer_Corps.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink British_anti-invasion_preparations_of_1803–05.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink British_invasions_of_the_River_Plate.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Buenos_Aires.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Bundesheer.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink CB90-class_fast_assault_craft.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink CBRN_defense.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink California.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink California_State_Military_Reserve.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_Armed_Forces.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_Army.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Carinthia_(Slovenia).
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Castle_Islands_Fortifications,_Bermuda.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Category:Gun_politics.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Category:Militias.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Category:Paramilitary_organizations.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Category:Rebel_militia_groups.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Ceylon_Defence_Force.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Chad.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Chhattisgarh.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Childers_Reforms.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Chinese_kin.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Christian_Social_Party_(Austria).
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Citizens_arrest.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink City_of_London.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Civil_defense.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Cold_War.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Collaborationism.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Colombo_Town_Guard.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Colony_of_New_South_Wales.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Common_law.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Commonwealth_of_Independent_States.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Communist_Party_of_China.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Communist_state.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Community_organizing.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Company_(military_unit).
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Confederate_States_of_America.
- Militia wikiPageWikiLink Conscription.