As a matter of fact, while after the Revolutionary War the colonists did not have the financial means to support an independent military, the country had allies.
A few decades after the original military of the war for independence was dissolved, the USA found the need to revisit it's right to form a militia.
Rising tensions at various times with Britain and France and the ensuing Quasi-War and War of 1812 quickened the development of the United States Navy (established 13 October 1775) and the United States Marine Corps (established 10 November 1775). The United States Coast Guard dates its origin to the founding of the Revenue Cutter Service on 4 August 1790; that service merged with the United States Life-Saving Service in 1915 to establish the Coast Guard. The United States Air Force was established as an independent service on 18 September 1947; it traces its origin to the formation of the Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps in 1907 and was part of the U.S. Army before becoming an independent service.
Depending on the source the history of these branches of the military has more depth.
...The Coast Guard's official history (click here) began on 4 August 1790 when President George Washington signed the Tariff Act that authorized the construction of ten vessels, referred to as "cutters," to enforce federal tariff and trade laws and to prevent smuggling. Known variously through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as the "revenue cutters," the "system of cutters," and finally the Revenue Cutter Service, it expanded in size and responsibilities as the nation grew....
But, basically, the political rhetoric stating the USA was based at any time in it's history as a citizen's militia is false. The history of the USA Coast Guard proves beyond a doubt, the new nation was not only well organized but had a vibrant economy to protect and REVENUES to collect. At no point in time in the history of the USA were we ever reliant on citizen's guns alone.
A few decades after the original military of the war for independence was dissolved, the USA found the need to revisit it's right to form a militia.
Rising tensions at various times with Britain and France and the ensuing Quasi-War and War of 1812 quickened the development of the United States Navy (established 13 October 1775) and the United States Marine Corps (established 10 November 1775). The United States Coast Guard dates its origin to the founding of the Revenue Cutter Service on 4 August 1790; that service merged with the United States Life-Saving Service in 1915 to establish the Coast Guard. The United States Air Force was established as an independent service on 18 September 1947; it traces its origin to the formation of the Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps in 1907 and was part of the U.S. Army before becoming an independent service.
Depending on the source the history of these branches of the military has more depth.
...The Coast Guard's official history (click here) began on 4 August 1790 when President George Washington signed the Tariff Act that authorized the construction of ten vessels, referred to as "cutters," to enforce federal tariff and trade laws and to prevent smuggling. Known variously through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as the "revenue cutters," the "system of cutters," and finally the Revenue Cutter Service, it expanded in size and responsibilities as the nation grew....
But, basically, the political rhetoric stating the USA was based at any time in it's history as a citizen's militia is false. The history of the USA Coast Guard proves beyond a doubt, the new nation was not only well organized but had a vibrant economy to protect and REVENUES to collect. At no point in time in the history of the USA were we ever reliant on citizen's guns alone.
