Table B-40.  Active Component Enlisted Members Continuation Rates, FY10: by Service and Years of Service
Year of SERVICE  
Service ARMY  NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD
1 88.5% 91.9% 93.7% 93.1% 91.2%
2 90.9% 92.5% 95.0% 93.0% 92.5%
3 84.6% 92.7% 95.2% 92.1% 89.8%
4 76.8% 79.7% 47.7% 80.8% 72.3%
5 80.7% 81.1% 63.9% 91.5% 79.5%
6 85.8% 83.6% 93.2% 82.2% 85.5%
7 86.1% 90.7% 95.3% 93.1% 90.0%
8 88.2% 80.3% 81.3% 91.3% 86.3%
9 90.9% 90.3% 88.8% 92.9% 91.0%
10 91.4% 89.3% 94.2% 91.7% 91.2%
11 92.9% 92.4% 94.6% 93.2% 93.0%
12 93.4% 94.5% 92.3% 95.1% 94.1%
13 94.7% 95.0% 90.8% 96.2% 94.8%
14 95.9% 86.7% 95.3% 97.3% 93.7%
15 96.8% 96.1% 96.6% 98.2% 97.0%
16 97.8% 97.2% 97.2% 98.6% 97.8%
17 98.5% 98.2% 98.3% 98.7% 98.4%
18 98.9% 98.8% 99.1% 99.1% 98.9%
19 98.8% 99.0% 99.6% 99.4% 99.1%
20 70.1% 41.1% 62.1% 74.2% 62.6%
21 78.2% 79.1% 73.2% 76.6% 77.6%
22 79.7% 80.2% 76.9% 79.6% 79.6%
23 80.2% 78.1% 83.9% 79.5% 79.6%
24 78.9% 52.5% 78.3% 75.6% 71.3%
25 80.9% 77.3% 81.8% 78.1% 78.9%
26 74.5% 47.4% 82.7% 52.3% 59.4%
27 80.0% 81.9% 83.3% 76.4% 79.3%
28 80.1% 83.1% 83.9% 55.1% 70.8%
29 83.2% 90.4% 85.9% 76.2% 83.1%
30 66.2% 16.2% 23.1% 11.7% 28.9%
31+ 58.9% 15.1% 30.9% 9.4% 45.2%
Overall 86.9% 87.7% 85.0% 89.9% 87.5%
   
      Continuation rates represent the fraction of those serving on active-duty in 2009 who are still in an 
      active-duty status in 2010.