Illinois Naval Militia

Illinois Naval Militia
Active	1898–1988 2006 (reauthorized)
Country	United States
Allegiance	Illinois
Type	Naval militia
Size	c.600 (1917)

The Illinois Naval Militia was a naval militia created by the Illinois General Assembly in 1893, and finally dissolved in 1988. The naval militia was reauthorized by Governor Rod Blagojevich through an executive order in 2006.^[1] As a naval militia it was a state defense force and not part of the Illinois National Guard or National Guard of the United States.