( CNN ) Wedding bells are on the horizon for Bristol Palin and 2011 Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer . Meyer , 26 , proposed to Palin , 24 , Friday night at a Rascal Flatts concert in Las Vegas , Palin said on her blog . `` The lead singer , Gary LeVox , dedicated 'Bless the Broken Road ' to us , and then Dakota got down on one knee and proposed ! '' she wrote . `` It 's amazing to see what happens when you place everything in life in God 's hands . '' Friends and well-wishers congratulated the couple on the news . As one person said in a comment on Meyer 's Instagram , `` This is so 'MERICA that my mind is blown right now . '' Meyer received the nation 's highest military honor for braving enemy fire in 2009 to recover 36 American and Afghan troops in Afghanistan . He was the third living recipient -- and the first Marine -- to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan . Palin , the oldest daughter of former Alaska Gov . Sarah Palin , has stayed in the public eye since her mother 's failed vice presidential bid through appearances on `` Dancing with the Stars '' and a Lifetime show about raising her son , `` Bristol Palin : Life 's a Tripp . '' She also released a best-selling memoir in 2011 , `` Not Afraid of Life : My Journey So Far . '' She was previously engaged to Tripp 's father , Levi Johnston . The couple met last year when Meyer visited Alaska to film `` Amazing America , '' Sarah Palin 's show on Sportsman Channel , Bristol Palin said in her blog post . `` He met Tripp during that time , and I 've seen him in a few places where our paths have crossed since . He 's visited us in Alaska , and I 've visited his wonderful family in Kentucky , '' she wrote . `` He 's wonderful with Tripp and I 'm so proud to be marrying him . '' The couple shared news of their engagement on social media . `` I 'm definitely the luckiest guy ever , '' Meyer said in an Instagram of the pair tagged # shesaidyes . Bristol Palin shared an Instagram picture of a ring and another of the happy couple smooching . `` Truly the luckiest girl in the world , can not wait to marry this man ! ! ! ! '' she said . The couple started recently began sharing images on social media of themselves together . Palin posted a photo last week of the couple out in the snow with Tripp . Meyer has also shared a few pictures of him with Sarah Palin . `` Thank you for being the amazing person that you are . I appreciate your leadership and dedication to our country ! '' he said in a post on her birthday in February . Sarah Palin also congratulated the couple , noting that Meyer `` flew up North '' to ask Bristol Palin 's father and grandfather for her hand in marriage . `` Our families could n't be happier for Bristol and Dakota ! We 're honored to welcome Dakota into our family . He 's an American hero and patriot whose service to our country -- like all his fellow Medal of Honor recipients -- has been above and beyond the call of duty ; but even more important is he 's a good and kind man who loves Bristol and Tripp , and is loved by them , '' she said on Facebook . `` Yes , God working behind the scenes to turn beauty from ashes . Had tough circumstances in their lives not occurred , and had they reacted differently to those circumstances , they 'd have never met . ''
U.S. Marine Dakota Meyer won the 2011 Medal of Honor for rescue in Afghanistan . `` This is so 'MERICA that my mind is blown right now , '' commenter says on Meyer 's Afghan .