impacted by activity at No Name Lake," Bowen wrote.

He also points out that learning fishing skills is part of the squadron's survival training.

The use of a military helicopter for a fishing trip comes in the wake of a recent controversy involving Defence Minister Peter MacKay.

In 2010, a Cormorant search and rescue helicopter picked up MacKay at a fishing resort in central Newfoundland and dropped him at the Gander airport.

MacKay defended the pickup by stressing that he left a vacation to go to work.

At the time, military officials expressed concern in internal e-mails about the impact of social media in creating bad press in such instances.

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