The modern National Guard evolved from Colonial-era militias. Introduction The Pentagon has approved leaving 5,000 troops deployed...
Militia History
The Militia of Great Britain were the principal military reserve forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain....
The fyrd consisted of a nucleus of experienced soldiers that would be supplemented by ordinary villagers and...
The original Green Mountain Boys were a militia in what is now Vermont in the decade prior...
The early colonists of America considered the militia an important social institution, necessary to provide defense and...