Miles for Military, a nonprofit that pays for flights home for active-duty junior enlisted military personnel in return for them volunteering at charities, officially launched this month and flew some 45 enlisted personnel to hometowns across the country for the holidays.

It all started with a marine telling his mom about his buddies who couldn’t afford to fly home when they got leave.

After hearing that from her son Ronan, Braintree resident Maureen Byrne sprang into action.

“Realizing how expensive it was to fly my own son home, and hearing that many enlisted men and women had not seen their families for two years or longer, I knew I needed to do something to help them get home for the holidays and other moments that matter,” said Byrne, a Dorchester native.

Two marines, Private First Class Antonio Marcucci of Fall River and Corporal Nico Serret of Winchester, were among the first servicemembers flown home by Miles for Military, arriving at Logan earlier this month.

Both had earned their ticket home by volunteering at charities near their Camp Lejeune base.

Since then, the nonprofit has flown more than 40 other marines, soldiers, and sailors home to Texas, Florida, Utah, California, Arizona, Illinois, New York, Montana, and other states.

Miles for Military is currently seeking to grow its donor base through corporate partnerships and private donations to expand the program and bring hundreds of enlisted personnel home for holidays or other important events in 2025.

“This is what a ‘whole of nation’ approach looks like,” said Miles for Military board member Ramon “CZ” Lopez, a retired Special Forces airman who rose to the rank of Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest enlisted rank in the US military. “They defend our freedoms, and we find ways to support them.”