Staff Sgt. Mark Hyatt stands at attention during the finale of the Bermuda Tattoo.

The small island was celebrating 400 years of continuous habitation, and hosting a number of countries in its international Tattoo.

Upon landing, the team members were greeted by friendly smiles and an eagerness to learn about American culture.

‘‘My favorite part of the trip was interacting with other people with similar interests or backgrounds from totally separate countries. It’s like a big room of exposure to other cultures,” said Sgt. Dustin Koch, a soloist on the drill team.

The Soldiers stayed at Warwick Camp, home of the Bermuda Regiment, along with the other acts that included The Band of the Scots Guards, The Regimental Band of the Governor General’s Foot Guards, The Pipes and Drums of the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa, The Royal Barbados Police Force Band and TheMilitaryBand of the Azores.

The team traveled across the island to the Berkeley Institute to perform for over 200 high school age Bermudians Tuesday, Oct. 20. The students enthusiastically welcomed the drill team with loud applause.

Following the performance, the drill team posed for photographs and talked to the students. Many of the students wanted to know what life was like in the United States, others asked how to become members of the drill team.

‘‘After talking to a lot of the students they said they had a much better view of the U.S. than before. They found out the U.S. Army is able to help reach out to other countries to educate and even entertain,” Koch said.

While in Bermuda, the drill team re-enlisted two of its members in unique ways. Koch and Cpl. Miroslab Majermik re-enlisted on the Bermudian beach and will remain with the drill team until next summer.

Wednesday was the Tattoo’s full dress rehearsal and gave the drill team an opportunity to get their timing letter perfect, while drilling under a complicated lighting system.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday saw the Army Drill Team in full action as the Tattoo kicked off. Typically 15 minutes in length, the drill team had to cut down their performance to roughly 10 minutes in order to fit the show’s constraints.

Each night, two members of the drill team were invited to the pre-ceremony cocktail party and met Bermuda notables such as Sir Richard Gozney, the governor and commander-in chief of Bermuda and Paula Cox, Bermuda’s minister of finance.

During the Tattoo, the 16-man drill team followed The Band and Corps of Drums of the Bermuda Regiment and made a huge impact on the roughly 2,000 spectators each night.

‘‘It was great to see all the hard work and effort from the guys, between rehearsing back on [Fort McNair], and rehearsing on-site and seeing it all come to fruition for the shows,” said Cpt. Ryan Boeka, commander of the drill team.

‘‘The other performers were very impressed. A few had seen us at the Edinburgh and some others at the Norfolk International Tattoo and were impressed every time they saw us go out,” Boeka said.

‘‘The audience loved the drills. Everyone who came up to us gave us positive feedback,” Majermik said.

The drill team hopes this performance in Bermuda will open more doors to act as goodwill ambassadors for the United States Army.