Introduction In the United States, state defence forces (SDFs) are military units that operate under the sole authority of a state government. SDFs are authorised by state and federal law and are under the command of the governor of each state. SDFs are distinct from their state’s National Guard in that they cannot become federal… Read More
Introduction The National Guard Bureau is the federal agency responsible for the administration of the National Guard established by the United States Congress as a joint bureau of the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force. It was created by the Militia Act of 1903. The National Defence Authorisation Act for… Read More
Introduction The National Guard is a state-based military force that becomes part of the reserve components of the United States Army and the United States Air Force when activated for federal missions. It is a military reserve force composed of National Guard military members or units of each state and the territories of Guam, the… Read More
Introduction A militia is generally an army or some other fighting organisation of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a country, or subjects of a state, who may perform military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel; or, historically, to members of a warrior-nobility class (e.g. knights… Read More
Introduction The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrolment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. They then attended after… Read More
Introduction The Militia Act of 1808 (Pub.L. 10-52), formally “An act making provision for arming and equipping the whole body of the militia of the United States”, enacted 23 April 1808, was legislation enacted by the 10th United States Congress that provided an annual appropriation of $200,000, to provide funding for arms and equipment for… Read More
Introduction The Militia Act of 1903 (32 Stat. 775), also known as the Efficiency in Militia Act of 1903 or the Dick Act, was legislation enacted by the United States Congress to create an early National Guard and which codified the circumstances under which the Guard could be federalised. It also provided federal funds to… Read More
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