Table B-40.  Active Component Enlisted Members Continuation Rates, FY12: by Service and Years of Service
Year of SERVICE  
Service ARMY  NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD
1 91.0 94.2 95.6 93.4 93.0
2 91.6 94.3 96.1 92.8 93.2
3 78.8 91.2 94.0 90.7 86.9
4 70.6 72.7 47.4 82.0 67.5
5 77.6 76.8 57.1 91.2 77.1
6 81.0 78.8 91.6 82.2 81.9
7 82.6 89.6 93.9 93.1 87.7
8 83.7 77.3 73.2 91.1 82.4
9 86.6 84.2 80.8 93.0 87.1
10 88.5 83.7 90.8 91.4 88.5
11 90.0 86.1 93.2 94.3 90.5
12 90.5 87.6 87.5 94.8 90.6
13 92.2 88.0 86.4 96.0 91.6
14 93.6 80.3 94.3 96.6 91.0
15 93.9 91.3 96.0 96.6 94.2
16 96.7 97.2 96.3 97.5 97.1
17 97.3 97.7 97.8 97.7 97.6
18 98.3 98.5 98.9 98.2 98.4
19 98.3 99.0 99.4 98.8 98.7
20 65.2 39.8 58.9 74.6 60.7
21 74.2 80.6 73.0 75.9 76.0
22 76.2 81.2 72.7 73.1 75.9
23 73.5 81.2 84.2 77.2 77.1
24 77.7 54.3 83.0 42.6 59.6
25 76.4 80.9 86.1 73.3 77.4
26 64.1 45.5 88.0 46.8 56.3
27 81.4 89.6 85.2 56.5 72.9
28 84.1 84.0 86.0 54.9 73.5
29 68.9 90.7 85.9 78.6 78.9
30 72.6 12.7 18.6 9.8 29.1
31+ 48.9 22.2 30.4 5.0 41.3
Overall 84.5 85.2 82.5 89.7 85.5
   
      Continuation rates represent the fraction of those serving on active-duty in 2011 who are still in an 
      active-duty status in 2012.