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  2. Home Guard (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    Patrick Munro, Conservative politician and former Scotland rugby union football international (Palace of Westminster Home Guard), died during training at Westminster – the only MP to die on duty in the Home Guard. [55] [56] [57] George Orwell, author and journalist (Sergeant, Greenwich Home Guard) [58]

  3. Home guard - Wikipedia

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    A Zemessardze (Latvian National Guardswoman) guards the battalion tactical operations center during the Strong Guard 2016 (Zobens 2016) distinguished visitor's day.. Home guard is a title given to various military organizations at various times, with the implication of an emergency or reserve force raised for local defense.

  4. Military reserve force - Wikipedia

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    A militia, home guard, state guard or state military may constitute part of a military reserve force, such as the United States National Guard and the Norwegian, Swedish and Danish Home Guard. In some countries (including Colombia, Israel, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan), reserve service is compulsory for a number of years ...

  5. Home Guard (India) - Wikipedia

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    The Home Guard of India is a volunteer force tasked to be an auxiliary to the Indian Police Service (IPS). [1] The Home Guards Organisation was reorganised in India in 1966 after the Sino-Indian War with the People's Republic of China, though it existed in smaller units individually in some places. Home Guards are recruited from various cross ...

  6. Confederate Home Guard - Wikipedia

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    Sketch from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1863: a Home Guardsman examines "Negro passes" on the levee road below New Orleans.. The Home Guard of the several states of the Confederacy during the American Civil War included all able-bodied white males between the ages of 18 and 50 who were exempt from Confederate service, excepting only the governor and other officials.

  7. State defense force - Wikipedia

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    During World War I, Congress authorized the states to maintain Home Guards, which were reserve forces outside the National Guard forces that were then being deployed by the Federal Government as part of the National Army. The Secretary of War was authorized to furnish these Home Guard units with rifles, ammunition, and supplies. [11]

  8. Home Guard Command (Denmark) - Wikipedia

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    The Home Guard contributes internationally with guard duty, build-up of military capacity, and support to civilian reconstruction. The Home Guard has a combined military and civilian leadership. The Commanding General of the Home Guard is responsible for the training and posting of units and managing the Home Guard.

  9. British home army in the First World War - Wikipedia

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    The British home army in the First World War served the dual purpose of defending the country against invasion and training reinforcements for the army overseas. Initial responsibility for defending the nation lay with the Territorial Force, a part-time auxiliary designed in 1908 as a means of expanding the army in a major foreign conflict but, as a result of political compromise, implemented ...