Table B-40.  Active Component Enlisted Members Continuation Rates, FY16: by Service and Years of Service

Year of SERVICE  
Service ARMY  NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD
1 90.5 93.5 95.8 95.0 93.0
2 90.5 95.7 96.5 96.2 93.9
3 76.4 93.7 95.3 94.7 87.6
4 70.6 73.6 49.6 89.3 70.4
5 80.3 81.5 51.9 93.1 79.6
6 78.0 83.9 88.1 75.7 79.8
7 79.2 92.3 89.3 89.3 86.6
8 76.5 84.1 75.6 85.2 80.6
9 82.7 91.3 79.9 92.7 87.3
10 84.8 91.7 84.3 91.7 88.5
11 86.4 94.8 88.9 93.3 90.5
12 87.5 95.8 91.0 94.7 91.9
13 89.3 97.1 92.3 95.5 93.3
14 86.9 90.6 95.4 96.0 91.4
15 88.0 98.1 88.5 92.2 92.0
16 93.0 98.6 88.2 97.9 95.7
17 93.3 99.2 92.4 98.2 96.3
18 95.1 99.3 95.2 98.9 97.4
19 98.1 99.2 96.6 99.5 98.7
20 53.2 50.3 48.6 60.6 54.1
21 72.0 81.3 73.6 73.7 74.8
22 73.9 82.6 72.7 79.1 77.5
23 70.6 83.8 83.5 78.5 77.2
24 74.3 54.6 81.7 51.7 62.8
25 74.5 86.7 81.0 78.6 79.0
26 57.5 48.1 81.2 52.4 56.3
27 80.7 88.1 74.2 81.3 81.6
28 78.2 91.3 89.4 84.6 84.1
29 66.3 89.7 91.4 81.1 78.8
30 73.2 12.6 2.2 8.6 30.1
31+ 43.9 53.7 35.3 5.6 41.8
Overall 82.50 88.90 82.60 90.50 86.00
   
Continuation rates represent the percentage of those serving on active-duty in 2015 who are still in an active-duty status in 2016.
Rows and columns may not add to totals due to rounding.
Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC).