By Jeff Olsen
Coach Schwehr is hanging up his whistle
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February 18, 2017
Hunter, Ron, and Troy Schwehr
Catching up with Troy Schwehr, the 1987 Roseau High School graduate and 1990 Operation Desert Storm veteran, is like jumping out of an airplane in full combat gear.
As a matter of fact, the former Army airborne infantryman is quite comfortable leaping out of planes.
Recently, he talked being stationed with the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
"I had somewhere around 54 jumps," he said.
It was after he came back from Iraq that he felt like he was floating in the air.
"I played for the 82nd hockey team, and we traveled up the East Coast playing mostly Division III hockey...
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