A militia is a military or paramilitary force composed of civilian members, as distinct from a professional standing army of regular, full-time military personnel. As an institution, a militia system raises such forces in times of need to support regular troops, or maintains them as a pool of available manpower for regular forces to draw from.
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A militia is a military or paramilitary force that comprises civilian members, as opposed to a professional standing army of regular, full-time military personnel.
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