List of militia organizations in the United States

Not to be confused with List of United States militia units in the American Revolutionary War or State defense force § Active state defense forces.

This is a list of active and armed militia organizations in the United States. While the two largest militias are the Oath Keepers and the 3 Percenters, there are numerous smaller groups.^{[ according to whom? ]}

Background

Main article: American militia movement

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) identified 334 militia groups at their peak in 2011. It identified 276 in 2015, up from 202 in 2014. ^[1] In 2016, the SPLC identified a total of 165 armed militia groups within the United States. ^{[2] [3]}

National groups

• Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association ^[3]
• Oath Keepers ^[4]
• Not Fucking Around Coalition ^[5]
• Three Percenters ^{[6] [7]}
• Guardians of Liberty ^[8]
• Boogaloo movement
• American Patriots Three Percent
• Veterans on Patrol

Statewide groups

Militias with a statewide presence ^[A]

Name	State	Ref.
Arizona Border Recon [B]	Arizona	[9] [10] [11]
Arizona Liberty Guard	Arizona	[12]
Arizona State Militia	Arizona	[13]
Southern Arizona Militia	Arizona	[12]
Arkansas Defense Force	Arkansas	[12]
First State Pathfinders	Delaware	[12]
Indiana Citizens Volunteer Militia	Indiana	[12]
Kentucky Mountain Rangers	Kentucky	[12]
Louisiana Volunteer Force	Louisiana	[12]
Maine Militia	Maine	[12]
Michigan Home Guard	Michigan	[12]
Michigan Militia	Michigan	[12]
Northwest Lower Michigan Civil Defense	Michigan	[12]
Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia	Michigan	[12]
Missouri Brotherhood Militia	Missouri	[12]
Missouri Citizens Militia	Missouri	[12] [14]
Missouri Militia	Missouri	[15]
North Country Deplorables	New York	[16]
New York Light Foot Militia	New York	[12] [17]
New York Militia TM	New York	[12]
New York Mutual Assistance Group	New York	[12]
New Mexico Civil Guard	New Mexico	[18] [19] [20]
The Last Militia	Ohio	[12]
Ohio Irregulars	Ohio	[12]
Ohio Valley Minutemen Citizen's Volunteer Militia	Ohio	[12]
West Ohio Minutemen	Ohio	[12]
Appalachian Associators	Pennsylvania	[12]
Iron City Citizen's Response Unit (CRU)	Pennsylvania	[12] [21] [22] [23] [24]
Pennsylvania Armare Woodsmen	Pennsylvania	[12]
Pennsylvania Light Foot Militia	Pennsylvania	[12]
Pennsylvania State Militia	Pennsylvania	[12]
Rhode Island Patriots	Rhode Island	[12]
Texas State Militia	Texas	[25] [26]
This Is Texas Freedom Force	Texas	[27] [28]
Green Mountain Militia	Vermont	[12]
Washington Light Foot Militia	Washington	[29]
West Virginia Light Foot Militia	West Virginia	[12]

Local groups

SPLC identified local militia groups (2018) ^{[12] [C]}

State	Name	Location
Alabama	Alabama Constitutional Militia	Clanton
	South Alabama Militia	Dothan
Alaska	Alaska Citizens Militia	Nikiski
Arizona	Arizona Freedom Militia	Mohave
	Northern Arizona Militia	Golden Valley
Arkansas	Arkansas State Militia Corps	Mansfield
California	California State Militia	Bay Area
		Northern
		Sacramento County
		Southern
Florida	Florida Militia	Central
		Northeast
		Northwest
		Southern
Idaho	Idaho Light Foot Militia	Kootenai County
		Meridian
Illinois	Illinois Sons of Liberty	Chicago
Indiana	Indiana Citizens Volunteer Militia [D]	Lake County
Kentucky	KY County Rangers	Bath County
Maine	Maine Volunteer Responders	Gardiner
Michigan	Capitol City Militia	Clinton County
	Genesee County Volunteer Militia	Genesee County
	Michigan Liberty Militia	Barry County
	Michigan Peoples' Reactionary Force	Genesee County
	Michigan Wolf Pack	Gratiot County
	Southeast Michigan Volunteer Militia [D]	Lapeer County
		Macomb County
		Wayne County
Mississippi	Citizens Militia of Mississippi	Batesville
		Carroll County
Missouri	417 Second Amendment Militia [30]	Hartville
	Missouri Citizens Militia [D]	Washington County
	Missouri Militia [D]	Joplin
		Kansas City
		Springfield
		St. Joseph
New Hampshire	Patriot Mutual Assistance Group	Rindge
New York	New York Lightfoot Militia [31] [32] [33]	Delaware, County
	Liberty State Militia	Chenango County
	New York Militia TM [D]	Albany County
		Mohawk Valley Region
	New York Mutual Assistance Group	Orange County
		Suffolk County
North Carolina	Stokes County Militia	King
Ohio	The Frontiersmen	Ravenna
	The Last Militia [D]	Allen County
		Butler County
		Clark County
		Hamilton County
		Montgomery County
		Summit County
		Trumbull County
	North East Ohio Outdoorsman	East Rochester
	Ohio Defense Force Home Guard	Cincinnati
		Cleveland
		New Lexington
		Zanesville
	Reapers Constitutional Militia of Ohio	Cortland
Oregon	Central Oregon Constitutional Guard	Redmond
Pennsylvania	Carlisle Light Infantry	Cumberland County
	Eastern Pennsylvania Regional Militia	Wyomissing
	Iron City Citizen's Response Unit (CRU)	Allegheny
	Pennsylvania Homeland Shield	Clarksburg
	Pennsylvania Light Foot Militia [D]	Berks County
		Bradford County
		Juniata County
		Luzerne County
		Schuylkill County
		Tioga County
		Westmoreland County
South Carolina	South Carolina Light Foot Militia	Horry County
Tennessee	1st Tennessee Rifles UMIT	Lafayette
	East Tennessee Mountain Militia	Knoxville
	Tennessee Defence Legion	Chester
Texas	Alamo Militia	San Antonio
	Golden Triangle Militia	Groves
		Orange
	Texas Light Foot Militia	Tyler
	Texas State Militia	Austin
		Big Spring
		Houston
	Bell County Minutemen	Bell County
Virginia	Virginia Kekoas	Norfolk
	Campbell County Militia	Campbell County
Washington	Washington Light Foot Militia [D]	Spokane County
West Virginia	Ohio Valley Minutemen Citizen's Volunteer Militia [E]	Charleston
Wisconsin	Kenosha Guard [34]	Kenosha

Inactive groups

Several militia organizations have since become inactive including:

Name	Location	Ref.
Viper Militia	Arizona	[35]
1st Mechanical Kansas Militia	Kansas	[36]
Kentucky State Militia	Kentucky	[37]
Wolverine Watchmen	Michigan	[38]
Militia of Montana	Montana	[39]
Citizens for Constitutional Freedom	New Mexico
Ohio Defense Force	Ohio	[40]
Texas Emergency Reserve	Texas	[41]
West Virginia Mountaineer Militia	West Virginia	[42]

See also

• Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
• WHYU-LP, a radio station operated by the American Militia Association

Notes

1. Only includes groups active in at least 2017 ^[update] . Affiliates of the Oath Keepers and III%-styled groups are excluded.
2. Accepts volunteers throughout the state, but operations are mostly conducted in Sasabe.
3. Groups excluded are (1) affiliates of Oath Keepers regardless of status as militias, and (2) any self-styled "III%" groups.
4. Considered to be a statewide group in another source
5. Same as the statewide group in Ohio

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