Table B-40. Active Component Enlisted Members Continuation Rates, FY18: by Service and Years of Service

Table B-40. Active Component Enlisted Members Continuation Rates, FY18: by Service and Years of Service


	Year of	SERVICE
	Service	ARMY	NAVY	MARINE CORPS	AIR FORCE	TOTAL DoD
	1	90.5	96.1	95.8	96.4	94.0
	2	81.1	95.8	95.3	95.9	90.2
	3	73.5	83.7	52.7	88.3	75.0
	4	82.6	80.7	52.6	93.6	80.1
	5	81.8	84.9	89.8	76.5	81.8
	6	84.6	92.1	90.4	89.7	88.6
	7	84.0	88.3	82.3	86.7	85.8
	8	88.7	91.8	83.9	94.3	90.8
	9	89.7	91.3	87.1	92.8	90.8
	10	89.3	93.1	89.5	93.3	91.5
	11	91.3	94.7	93.1	93.3	93.0
	12	91.8	96.2	94.0	94.8	94.0
	13	92.0	96.1	95.5	96.0	94.5
	14	94.0	98.2	96.6	91.1	94.2
	15	96.2	98.5	96.2	97.4	97.1
	16	96.7	99.0	97.5	97.8	97.7
	17	97.3	99.2	97.9	98.6	98.3
	18	98.5	99.5	99.3	99.3	99.1
	19	60.5	65.1	66.1	59.0	61.7
	20	74.9	83.1	75.7	72.8	76.5
	21	77.2	85.2	78.0	77.7	79.6
	22	76.0	86.3	82.9	79.2	80.3
	23	72.3	72.5	83.8	64.4	71.3
	24	69.2	87.3	82.6	77.1	77.2
	25	63.1	74.2	83.8	65.1	68.5
	26	68.4	84.5	79.1	77.6	76.6
	27	68.2	85.0	83.6	81.4	77.4
	28	69.0	87.6	86.5	81.2	79.0
	29	53.0	41.5	34.4	37.7	43.8
	30	48.2	72.8	50.7	69.1	59.8
	31+	60.0	77.4	82.2	75.3	71.6

	Overall	85.40	90.20	84.50	90.60	87.70

	Source: Military data are provided by the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). Continuation rates represent the percentage of those serving on active-duty on 30 September 2017 who are still in an active-duty status on 30 September 2018.