Reply #145: You're describing the "organized militia" [View All]

[Euromutt]

Actually, it's any citizen--male or female--who's in the National Guard or naval militia.

All male citizens, or persons legally resident in the U.S. who have expressed intent to become citizens, aged 17-45 are automatically considered to be in the "unorganized militia." The militia consists of both the organized and the unorganized components. It's not exactly clear to me what an "unorganized militia" is supposed to do, but I think it's essentially meant to be a manpower pool for the organized militia in times of emergency, e.g. an invasion by the Duchy of Grand Fenwick.