There are three groups the American military considers to be active militias.

Most veterinarians held a commission in the active militia and left private practice for 10-15 days a year to serve with his regiment.

Military law may only be levied against people in active militia or army service (Section 25)

He resigned from the Archives in 1911 to become a Colonel on the permanent staff of the active militia.

The Militia Act of 1855 created active militia, but they offered limited military protection.

He became a career soldier with the Canadian Permanent Active Militia.

On March 20, 1919 the regiment became a component of the Permanent Active Militia.

He was the author and promoter of legislation organizing the active militia in an efficient body known as the Connecticut National Guard.

New York and Ohio also have active naval militias, and a few other states have on-call or proposed ones.

Les mongoles was a militia active in the Kivus region of Zaire in the 1990s.