 Let's play ball. Soldiers from Attack Company 1st Battalion 503rd Infantry Regiment of 173rd Airborne Brigade put down their weapons and put on their gloves for a game against the Latvian National Baseball Team. The 1st Iraq troops are in Latvia supporting Operation Atlantic Resolve, an ongoing partnership that focuses on joint training and security cooperation between the U.S. and NATO allies. The soldiers were able to take a break from training and enjoy a piece of home. It's pretty cool to see that our pastime has made it all the way this far across the world and really interesting on how actually good they are and their fundamentals and everything were. The friendly match proved to be a fair one as both teams went back and forth for the lead. The Latvian National Team would come out on top 11-7. The competitive spirit was alive and well on each side but the relationship developed between the two countries was the real winner. For us it's important to show that we are like friendly and we are welcome American troops here and it's really good and we appreciate that and that's one way of showing too. Just having a friendly game and just hanging out and I think it's a great thing to do. Reporting from Riga Latvia for the U.S. 16th and Pad, I'm Army Sergeant Summer Wood.