Table B-40.  Active Component Enlisted Members Continuation Rates, FY11: by Service and Years of Service
Year of SERVICE  
Service ARMY  NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD
1 91.5 93.8 95.0 93.4 92.9
2 91.4 93.7 95.4 92.8 93.0
3 82.8 91.7 92.6 91.7 88.3
4 75.9 78.6 45.7 83.0 70.8
5 81.3 79.3 60.3 92.7 80.5
6 83.8 81.7 93.3 83.5 84.6
7 84.8 89.9 94.5 94.0 89.2
8 85.5 79.4 76.2 92.0 84.4
9 89.2 89.9 85.5 93.9 90.2
10 91.1 88.9 93.4 92.3 91.0
11 91.8 90.7 92.7 94.4 92.3
12 92.8 93.2 90.3 94.9 93.2
13 93.9 93.2 88.3 96.4 93.9
14 95.3 84.5 95.4 96.8 92.7
15 95.8 96.5 97.0 97.3 96.5
16 97.7 96.7 97.0 98.1 97.5
17 98.2 98.0 98.4 98.8 98.3
18 99.0 98.7 99.0 98.8 98.9
19 98.6 99.2 99.6 99.2 99.0
20 66.5 41.6 61.0 73.9 60.5
21 73.2 80.5 73.7 74.4 75.0
22 75.9 82.9 74.7 71.6 75.8
23 73.6 82.6 80.7 72.6 76.0
24 75.7 57.4 82.2 38.2 56.6
25 76.9 81.9 85.8 42.6 62.3
26 67.7 47.4 82.0 44.5 53.6
27 79.6 86.9 79.8 73.3 78.3
28 83.2 89.1 84.3 56.7 74.2
29 78.4 87.3 86.4 75.4 80.8
30 70.0 9.8 18.5 13.0 26.2
31+ 57.9 19.5 37.3 6.3 48.0
Overall 86.5 87.4 83.4 89.8 87.0
   
      Continuation rates represent the fraction of those serving on active-duty in 2010 who are still in an 
      active-duty status in 2011.