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                        | Table D-16.  Mean Age and Months of Service of Active Component Enlisted Members, FYs 1973-1997 | 
                     
                    
                        FISCAL YEAR | 
                        MEAN AGE | 
                        MEAN MONTHS   OF SERVICE | 
                     
                    
                        |  1973 | 
                        25.02 | 
                        69.82 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1974 | 
                        24.97 | 
                        69.59 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1975 | 
                        24.92 | 
                        68.17 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1976 | 
                        24.93 | 
                        67.60 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1977 | 
                        24.93 | 
                        66.52 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1978 | 
                        25.01 | 
                        67.26 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1979 | 
                        25.07 | 
                        67.74 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1980 | 
                        25.01 | 
                        66.51 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1981 | 
                        25.14 | 
                        67.07 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1982 | 
                        25.37 | 
                        68.63 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1983 | 
                        25.56 | 
                        69.99 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1984 | 
                        25.69 | 
                        71.09 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1985 | 
                        25.81 | 
                        72.29 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1986 | 
                        25.92 | 
                        73.12 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1987 | 
                        26.09 | 
                        74.76 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1988 | 
                        26.26 | 
                        76.73 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1989 | 
                        26.36 | 
                        78.01 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1990 | 
                        26.66 | 
                        81.77 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1991 | 
                        26.95 | 
                        84.80 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1992 | 
                        27.08 | 
                        86.35 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1993 | 
                        27.21 | 
                        87.70 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1994 | 
                        27.33 | 
                        89.58 | 
                     
                    
                        |  1995 | 
                        27.36 | 
                        89.33 | 
                     
                    
                        | 1996 | 
                        27.41 | 
                        89.64 | 
                     
                    
                        | 1997 | 
                        27.41 | 
                        89.2 | 
                     
                 
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