MORRISVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) — Six marines boarded flights home Saturday at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, with a nonprofit paying fully for their flights.
“I haven’t been home in a year, I just want to go home,” Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Aidan Mullins told ABC11.
For Mullins, the military was always in the cards. His father served 20 years in the Army and the Marine Corps. His four siblings all spent time in the military as well.
“My oldest brother was a Marine. He got out a few years ago, and the other three, my sister and two brothers are in the Army. They’re still active,” Mullins said.
As his siblings prepared to deploy to Syria, this young Marine knew he had to get home for the holidays this year.
Thanks to Miles for Military, he got a free flight home just in time for Christmas to finally see his family again.
“They haven’t seen me …