Occasionally my settlements are visited by a team of Minutemen

[peacefighter]

I sided with the Minutemen in the main quest. Nothing becomes of the visit; and they eventually wandered off. I was just wondering about its significance. Is there any? Such as, the settlement is "blessed" and there will be no future attacks on this settlement.

[Beautiful Ham Sandwich]

Nope, not really anything special.

[casualsailor]

You can summon with the MM flares. But no there is nothing particular about them. They are just random NPCs for atmosphere.

[Vain]

It's just to add life into the game.

[peacefighter]

I guess defending a Minutemen outpost earns no "blessing" too.

[WarMachine]

If you still travel the commonwealth by foot, not fast travel, you should see a huge Minutemen present. And if you took the fight to the BOS with the Minutemen you'll get Minutemen Vertibirds.

I like the activity in the commonwealth with the Minutemen in charge, it seems like order is restoring.

[TNS]

Its a patrol, wanders around the place.

For me, I have the whole commonwealth going on with these guys, and with a personal edited version of the Minutemen mod, I have guys in Regular Combat Armor, Full Assault Marine Armor, and T-45 Power Armor(All painted in MM colors) with all sorts of guns ready to protect the people at a minutes notice. I also made a treaty with the BOS so they can take care of the trash for me while my folks take care of whatever else needs be.

http://i.imgur.com/MkPCPFL.png

http://i.imgur.com/JZLbMbD.png

Them Raiders at Nuka World won't know what hit em once I go in there with a full battlion of my troops.

Its good to be the General. ;)