| Table D-12. Mean Age and Months of Service of Active Component Enlisted Members, FYs 1973-2011 | ||||
| FISCAL | MEAN | MEAN MONTHS | ||
| YEAR | AGE | 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 | 89.20 | ||
| 1998 | 27.34 | 88.37 | ||
| 1999 | 27.26 | 87.28 | ||
| 2000 | 27.10 | 85.53 | ||
| 2001 | 27.03 | 84.38 | ||
| 2002 | 27.07 | 84.13 | ||
| 2003 | 27.04 | 83.28 | ||
| 2004 | 27.01 | 82.58 | ||
| 2005 | 27.10 | 83.15 | ||
| 2006 | 27.07 | 81.98 | ||
| 2007 | 27.09 | 80.95 | ||
| 2008 | 27.08 | 80.28 | ||
| 2009 | 27.17 | 80.44 | ||
| 2010 | 27.31 | 80.90 | ||
| 2011 | 27.37 | 81.11 | ||