Canadian soldiers board a Sea King helicopter as they participate in advanced amphibious training from the Shearwater Jetty in Halifax on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. The federal government has decided not to scrap its troubled purchase of CH-148 Cyclone helicopters.Instead, Ottawa will go ahead with its plan to acquire the maritime choppers to replace the decades-old CH-124 Sea Kings, which it will start retiring next year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan