Isnt the militia the National Guard?
No, the citizen militia is the unorganized militia; the National Guard is the organized militia. Federal law (10 USC Section 311a, b1-2) clearly distinguishes between the organized and unorganized militia. It reads in part: “The classes of the militia are: The organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and The unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.” Note regarding the National Guard: The National Defense Act of June 3, 1916, (39 stat.166), provides in part: “that the Army of the United States shall consist of the regular Army, the volunteer Army, the Officers’ Reserve Corps, the Enlisted Reserve Corps, the National Guard while in service of the United States, and such other land forces as are now or may hereafter be authorized by law.” We understand from this excerpt that your States National Guard was federalized back in 1916. That means the “organized militia
