Angling Used As Therapy Prior To Afghan Deployment

British troops awaiting deployments to Afghanistan are being taught how to fish as a way to battle stress, reports the Guardian (U.K.).

The program, which has been introduced at Britain's largest barracks in Catterick, North Yorkshire, is also being considered for wounded troops.

Troops from the 1st Battalion, the Mercian Regiment, have been fishing for bream, carp and tench in lakes at the village of Carlton Miniott ahead of their deployment to Afghanistan's southern Helmand...