These combat vets want to help you design the perfect engagement ring

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When Andrew Wolgemuth served in Afghanistan, his comrades in his special operations platoon came to depend on him for a particular skill set and base of knowledge: diamond engagement rings.

"A bunch of Rangers in my platoon were at that point in their life where they wanted to get engaged," says Wolgemuth. "They want this idea of, they're fresh off a combat deployment, and all of the wives, girlfriends, family members are standing there with signs and they get to walk up, drop to a knee and propose."

Only one thing stood between them and that perfect off-the-plane and drop-the-knee moment. They had no idea how to get a decent engagement ring in Afghanistan, even by military mail.

"The odds are not in your favor that that package is going to show up," says Wolgemuth.