organized militia

American  

noun

1. a former military organization functioning under both state and federal authority.

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Example Sentences

He denied that those captured were members of locally organized militia groups.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2021

—So December 13, 1636, marks the beginning of the organized militia.

From Fox News • Dec. 13, 2021

Heller, the court held that the Constitution granted an individual right to possess a gun in the home for self-defense, unrelated to the person’s participation in an organized militia.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2021

The organized militia became the National Guard; what was meant by the "unorganized militia" was simply a reserve of all men 17 to 45 years of age who might be called into service, if needed.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2020

On Monday the President had called out the organized militia and on the following day he sent a special message to Congress recommending the formation of a volunteer army.

From Banzai! by Parabellum by Grautoff, Ferdinand Heinrich