(Minot, ND) — Many in Minot are calling it “an early Christmas present.” Families in Minot are welcoming back the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron from deployment. The near-300 members of the squadron had been deployed to the Middle East over the past month or so. While the deployment was the first for many on the mission, one of the mission leads was on her fifth deployment. This was the first deployment since 2007 for Senior Master Sergeant Mary Grace Martin, who said the squadron worked together well despite most of them not knowing each other prior to the mission.
