Gaddafi contended that it was the People's Militia that met the Egyptian incursions during the border clash of 1977, although the Egyptians insisted that their successful raids had been contested by regular army units.

Militia units were reportedly generously equipped with arms, transport, and uniforms.

Militia was an alternative name for the Citizens ' Military Forces ( CMF ), the reserve units of the Australian Army between 1901 and 1980.

CMF units were sometimes scorned by AIF soldiers as " chocolate soldiers " or " chockos ", because " they would melt under the pressure " of military operations ; or in an alternative version of the story of the origin of this term, as a result of the 1930s ' uniforms of Militia soldiers, these soldiers were considered by AIF volunteers and some civilians as soldiers only for show like the soldiers in garish 19th century dress uniforms shown on tins of chocolates that were commonly sold in Australia in the 1930s, hence the name " chocolate-tin soldiers " for Militia members.

Nevertheless, some Militia units distinguished themselves in action against the Empire of Japan during the Pacific War, and suffered extremely high casualties.

In mid-1942 Militia units fought in two significant battles, both in New Guinea, which was then an Australian territory.

Later in the war, the law was changed to allow the transfer of Militia units to the 2nd AIF ; of these Militia units, 65 % of their personnel had volunteered for overseas service.

Another change allowed Militia units to serve anywhere south of the Equator in South-East Asia.

Militia units were formed in Auckland, Wellington, New Plymouth, and Nelson.

The Militia Act of 1903 divided what had been the militia into what it termed the " organized " militia, created from portions of the former state guards to become state National Guard units, and the " unorganized " militia consisting of all males from ages 17 to 45, with the exception of certain officials and others, which is codified in.

Although there were informal volunteer units as early as 1845, the appropriate approval and regulation of the units did not occur until The Militia Act 1858.

Broadly, there are two titles in the United State Code ( USC ) under which units and troops may be activated, Title 32 ( Militia Code ) and Title 10 ( Uniform Code of Military Justice ).

As such, there is not Title 32 United States Code equivalent for the sea services, even though Alaska, California, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Texas and Ohio have incorporated Naval Militia units.

Militia units, or " Beat Companies ", enrolled every able-bodied man on the frontier.

Four of Union volunteer infantry regiments, two Union cavalry volunteer regiments, two Missouri Militia units, one provisional militia unit, and a large unit of Sullivan County Home Guards supported the Union cause.

Among the units containing men from Mercer County were the Twenty-Third, Twenty-Seventh and Thirty-Fifth Regiments, the Second and Twelfth Cavalry, the Fifth Kansas Cavalry, and various smaller units of the Missouri State Militia.

However, pension records and other documents from the 19th Century indicate that numerous men joined various Continental and Militia units, particularly the 6th and 8th Militia Regiments, the latter of which joined Gen. George Washington ‘ s Army in the battle of New York and Long Island in the autumn of 1776.

The first legislation on the subject was The Militia Act of 1792 which provided, in part:

The Militia Act 1802 provided for the appointment of lieutenants to " Lieutenants for the Counties, Ridings, and Places " in England and Wales, and gave them command of the county militia.

This establishment of perpetuation, based primarily on geographical connections through original recruiting areas of the CEF battalions, provided a basis by which the achievements and battle honours of the CEF units transferred back to the units of the standing Militia.

Canadian law provided for the Sedentary Militia, which consisted of all Canadian males between ages 16 and 50.

Militia units from southern BC provided cadres for many regiments that eventually fought in Europe, and the Rocky Mountain Rangers sent a battalion to fight the Japanese in the Battle of the Aleutian Islands in 1943.

Yet due to the lack of proper arms, the Militia needed equipment provided by federal forces.

The current Virginia Militia under Virginia Code § 44-1 states " The militia of the Commonwealth of Virginia shall consist of all able-bodied citizens of this Commonwealth and all other able-bodied persons resident in this Commonwealth who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, who are at least sixteen years of age and, except as hereinafter provided, not more than fifty-five years of age.

The American military system which developed from the combination of the professional, national Continental Army, the State militias and volunteer regiments of the American Revolutionary War, and the similar post-Revolutionary War American military organization under the Militia Act of 1792, provided a basis for the United States Army's organizations, with only minor changes, until the creation of the modern National Guard in 1903.

The Militia Act provided for the use of volunteers who could be used anywhere in time of war in addition to the State militias who were restricted to local use within their States for short periods of time.

Principal occupational specialties of the New York Guard include, communications, engineering, medical and legal services, provided in support of all components of New York State military forces, i. e., the Army and Air National Guards, Naval Militia and the New York Guard, as well as to civil authorities.

On 12 February 1993 President Yeltsin issued a presidential decree “ On Public Order Militia in the Russian Federation ” increasing the number of local militia by 84, 500 .< Ref > MVD v Litsakh, Vladimir Nekrasov, Molodaya Gvardiya, 2000, p260 .</ ref > At the beginning of 1994 the local militia had 442, 000 people, 27 % short of their full complement.

Studies of red light cameras worldwide show a reduction of crashes involving injury by about 25 % to 30 %, taking into account increases in rear-end crashes, according to testimony from a meeting of the Virginia House of Delegates Militia, Police, and Public Safety Committee in 2003.

At present, the New York Naval Militia has over 2, 000 members, 95 % of whom are also members of the U. S. Naval Reserve, U. S. Marine Corps Reserve, or U. S. Coast Guard Reserves.

The exploits of the young and poorly trained soldiers of the 39th ( Militia ) Battalion during the rearguard action on the Kokoda Track remain celebrated to this day, as is the contribution of the 7th Brigade at the Battle of Milne Bay.

Both male and female soldiers belong to the Company of Uniformed Militia, although men predominate in numbers.

MBP also had control over 41, 000 soldiers of the Internal Security Corps, 57, 500 officers of the Citizens ' Militia, 32, 000 officers of Border Troops and 10, 000 Prison Guard and also 125, 000 members of the Volunteer Reserve Citizen Militia.

As the number of truly professional soldiers was very low, the Lances were often supplemented by large numbers of drafted peasants, local Militia and mercenaries.

Militia Springs was the location of an encampment of Union soldiers or Missouri Militia during the American Civil War.

Curtin also expanded the terms of the Defence Act, so that conscripted Militia soldiers could be deployed outside Australia to " such other territories in the South-west Pacific Area as the Governor-General proclaims as being territories associated with the defence of Australia ".

There were two American Revolutionary War actions fought on the hillside, the first was in March 1781 under von Steuben and his Virginia Militia, the second in April 1781, under Lafayette.

Gibson was a native of Bedford County, Tennessee who was commissioned Lieutenant in the Tennessee Militia ; he took part in the War of 1812, the campaign to Natchez of 1813, and fought in the Creek Wars of 1813.

They both fought in the Massachusetts Militia, and the Continental Army.

The community was previously named Lacey Park, for Pennsylvania Militia General John Lacey, who fought during the American Revolutionary War at the Battle of Crooked Billet, which took place near the neighborhood.

At the height of the engagement a party of seven of the Hutt Militia came to the assistance of the hard-pressed troops, and fought side by side with the redcoats.

With over 800 prisoners Morgan began a strategic retreat, moving north towards the Salisbury District where he was joined by Greene at Cowan's Ford on the Catawba River where a force of Patriot Militia fought a small engagement against Cornwallis's forces.

He served as Lieutenant Colonel of the Canajoharie Militia Regiment, and fought at the Battle of Oriskany.

His mother Mary Elizabeth Riley Hull was a descendant of Isaac Riley who was granted in Pickett County near Byrdstown for Revolutionary War service ( this land is still in the family ), as well as Samuel Wood who immigrated from Leicestershire, England on the ship Hopewell and fought in the Virginia Militia.

It was the Lincoln Militia who fought in the War of 1812 ( 1812 – 1815 ).

After a bar on the overseas deployment of Militia was relaxed, the First Army controlled many of the units which fought in the South West Pacific Theatre.

It is not clear if Tanith had any functioning planetary defence artillery batteries, but it is likely that the Tanith Militia fought back against the invaders.

However, CMF Militia units fought under difficult conditions and suffered extremely high casualties during 1942, in slowing the Japanese advance on the Kokoda Track in New Guinea.

In 1805 he was made a Captain in the Michigan Militia, and fought against the British and the Indians in the war of 1812-1815.

Individual units of the Canadian Militia, notably infantry and cavalry regiments, were permitted to perpetuate the battle honours and histories of the CEF units that had actually fought the war.

Colonel Henry Ludington ( 1739 – 1817 ) was the commander of the 7th Regiment of the Dutchess County Militia, a volunteer regiment of local men who fought in the Battle of Ridgefield in April, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War.

The detachment of the ( local ) Lincoln Militia who fought at the battle lost 5 officers and 80 other ranks, although only four of these seem to have been killed.

The Battle of North Point was fought on September 12, 1814, between General John Stricker's Maryland Militia and a British force led by Major General Robert Ross.

Barrow's father fought in the Ohio Volunteer Militia during the American Civil War.

He fought in the Battle of Johnstown and was killed on October 30, 1781 while retreating back to Canada in a skirmish with rebel troops ( 2nd Albany County Militia Regiment ) and the Tryon County militia under Marinus Willett in the Mohawk Valley.

A number of Japanese attacks were subsequently fought off by the Australian Militia over the following week, yet by 14 August they began to withdraw over the Owen Stanley Range, down the Kokoda Track towards Isurava.

On November 19, 1775, Patriot forces of the Long Cane Militia fought Loyalists in the first battle of Ninety Six, resulting in the death of James Birmingham, the first South Carolinian and southerner of the war.

On Saturday 8 April prisoners from Paisley were being escorted by the Port Glasgow Militia to Greenock jail when the militia were attacked by local people who fought the them in the streets and from the windows and doorways of their houses.