rebranding featuring a modernized Sam the Minuteman, the logo featured the Concord Minute Man statue prominently. The US Air Force named the LGM-30 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile the "Minuteman", which was designed for rapid deployment in the event of a nuclear attack. The "Minuteman III" LGM-30G remains in service. The US Navy VR-55 Fleet Logistic Support Squadron is named "Minutemen" to highlight the rapid deployment and mobility nature of their mission. One of the factions in Bethesda's 2015 video game Fallout 4, which is set in Massachusetts, is called the "Commonwealth Minutemen". The inspiration for their namesake comes from the requirement to be ready "at a minute's notice" to defend any settlement in danger. Sinclair Lewis portrays Minute Men as paramilitary forces of Buzz Windrip's despotic government in his 1935 book It Can't Happen Here. In the book the fascist-like militia is called "Minnie Mouses" by the populace. In Alan Moore's Watchmen graphic novel the first masked vigilantes assembled are titled the Minutemen. The Minutemen was a militant anti-Communist organization in the early 1960s. The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps was a militant anti-Mexican immigrants volunteer group formed in 2005. The Minuteman Project is a 2004 organization that opposes Mexican immigration to US. Minutemen are also featured in 2010 strategic video game Civilization V by Firaxis. They can only be recruited by American Civilization and production is only available after researching Gunpowder technology (in game feature) which is in Renaissance Era. Notes References External links Captain Robert K. Wright Jr. Massachusetts Militia Roots: A Bibliographic Study. (1986) 116th Military History Detachment Virginia Army National Guard. Available at the United States Army Center of Military History Who Were the Minutemen? (ushistory.org) Organization of the Minute-Men Minute Man National Historical Park Militia in the United States United States militia in the American Revolution