My name is Adam Carter. I served 8 years in the US Army with 2 deployments to Afghanistan. I know what it means to serve alongside brothers who would give everything, because mine did.

I'm running 100 miles on Memorial Day for all my brothers and sisters who did not make it back home and to the handfuls of veterans from my unit we've lost since coming home, to cancer, to suicide, to wounds that don't show up on an x-ray.

We made it back. Not all of us stayed.

This Memorial Day weekend, May 23rd, I'm attempting to run Operation 100, 100 miles in 30 hours to honor every single one of them. Not because 100 miles fixes anything. Because they deserved more than they got, and this is what I can do.

Every dollar goes directly to TAPS — the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. TAPS supports the families our fallen left behind. The wives, the kids, the parents who got a knock on the door and had to figure out how to keep going. I'm not touching a single cent. It goes straight to them.

If you ever knew someone who served, if you've ever lost someone, if you believe these families deserve more than a flag — please donate. Share this. Tell someone.

This one's for the ones who didn't make it home with us

I'll see you at the finish line.

— Adam