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Fyrd->Housecarls->Witan
- Anglo-Saxon England; 7th century or earlier
- The best of each household serve in the Fyrd
- Limited length of time for service each season
- Housecarls or "House Earls" served the Jarl or Earl; Deputies
- Local people met in moots; elected representatives to annual Witans; determine succession
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Zouaves, militias
- Colonial militia was primarily civil defense with some emergency management duties
- Zouaves were elite volunteer companies (Col Ephraim Ellesworth); special forces and SWAT teams of their day
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Hospitalers, Knights of St. John of God, of Malta, of Jerusalem
- Templars => convert by the sword
- Hospitalers => convert through service and leadership
- Defend the innocent and heal what may be healed (equal opportunity)
- Red Cross - Henry Dunant (1859) --- help all injured on battlefield; no sides taken
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Toward a modern Auxiliary
- Flip 'militia' on its head
- Serve the community first
- Service without prejudice
- Survival Skills Triad: First Aid, Communications, Defense
- Build leaders in the community