The armed forces of Bajor after the occupation, formed largely from former resistance fighters.
The Bajoran Militia is Bajor's military and security service, established after the Cardassian withdrawal and drawing heavily on veterans of the resistance. Its officers serve alongside Starfleet aboard Deep Space Nine under the joint arrangement between Bajor and the Federation.
Kira Nerys is the station's senior Militia officer, rising from major to colonel over the course of the series. In The Homecoming the resistance hero Li Nalas is briefly assigned to the station in Kira's place, before he dies defending Bajor in The Siege.