As well as obvious sports such as biathlon, skiing and ice hockey, a total of around 220 troops also took part in more esoteric activities such as ice fishing -- with use of depth charges and torpedoes strictly outlawed.
Latvia hosted the first such games in 2014, so this is basically the same as the Olympic games returning to Greece.
NATO has made a promotional film about the games, which you can watch below.
Krista from #Latvia is 18. She just won gold in the biathlon event at the Baltic Military Winter Games. pic.twitter.com/hzJ2XGSz8s
— NATO (@NATO) January 19, 2017
