Table B-40.  FY 2008 Active Component Enlisted Members Continuation Rates by Years of Service and Service
Year of SERVICE  
Service ARMY  NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD
1 85.9% 90.1% 92.0% 92.3% 89.1%
2 90.3% 89.5% 95.7% 94.1% 91.9%
3 86.9% 92.7% 95.9% 94.2% 91.2%
4 77.3% 72.9% 55.9% 74.4% 71.6%
5 83.1% 75.8% 71.6% 91.8% 81.8%
6 84.5% 82.0% 93.8% 75.2% 82.3%
7 87.8% 90.2% 94.6% 91.6% 90.1%
8 89.2% 81.3% 76.2% 89.9% 85.6%
9 90.0% 87.4% 85.4% 91.6% 89.2%
10 91.2% 87.1% 93.0% 89.7% 89.8%
11 91.9% 91.8% 93.0% 93.6% 92.4%
12 92.9% 94.2% 89.8% 95.2% 93.6%
13 93.7% 95.2% 89.5% 96.2% 94.4%
14 95.7% 95.8% 95.6% 96.8% 96.1%
15 95.9% 96.8% 95.8% 97.9% 96.7%
16 97.8% 97.5% 96.8% 98.3% 97.8%
17 98.8% 98.1% 97.8% 98.8% 98.5%
18 99.2% 98.8% 98.8% 99.1% 99.0%
19 99.1% 99.2% 99.6% 99.4% 99.2%
20 66.4% 42.9% 58.0% 70.4% 58.8%
21 73.2% 79.3% 67.8% 74.4% 74.7%
22 71.4% 77.7% 72.2% 76.8% 75.2%
23 76.1% 77.1% 78.9% 77.4% 77.1%
24 62.2% 57.7% 80.4% 71.9% 66.5%
25 74.0% 79.1% 81.4% 75.0% 76.1%
26 61.1% 54.9% 78.8% 48.6% 55.1%
27 77.6% 81.2% 84.9% 74.3% 77.8%
28 82.8% 84.0% 86.7% 58.1% 73.2%
29 86.4% 88.4% 87.6% 75.7% 83.9%
30 37.7% 13.9% 24.1% 13.7% 22.6%
31+ 59.1% 44.0% 27.3% 20.0% 50.8%
Overall 86.7% 85.9% 85.8% 88.3% 86.7%