Table B-40.  Active Component Enlisted Members Continuation Rates, FY19: by Service and Years of Service

Year of SERVICE  
Service ARMY  NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD
1 91.3 96.7 96.2 96.1 94.3
2 83.6 96.3 95.7 95.8 91.3
3 75.5 84.3 48.3 87.1 74.1
4 85.3 82.6 53.1 93.0 82.0
5 85.4 85.4 90.4 76.7 83.6
6 87.4 92.1 90.6 88.7 89.4
7 87.4 88.3 82.3 90.8 88.1
8 91.4 92.1 84.8 95.1 92.0
9 91.8 91.3 88.4 93.4 91.9
10 92.5 92.0 90.1 94.3 92.7
11 93.5 95.0 93.9 93.2 93.8
12 94.2 96.6 94.9 95.1 95.1
13 94.6 96.8 95.4 96.0 95.6
14 95.5 98.2 96.9 95.5 96.2
15 97.4 98.2 96.1 98.1 97.6
16 97.6 99.0 97.3 98.6 98.2
17 98.2 99.3 98.5 98.7 98.7
18 99.0 99.6 99.0 99.2 99.2
19 64.9 71.1 66.0 63.0 66.1
20 76.4 84.7 75.9 73.0 77.7
21 78.6 85.5 77.3 76.2 79.8
22 77.9 87.3 81.5 78.5 81.1
23 73.8 76.1 82.2 63.3 72.2
24 76.1 86.4 83.8 76.8 80.1
25 71.8 76.4 81.8 66.5 72.9
26 78.1 86.3 81.3 79.2 81.1
27 80.3 84.4 84.1 78.8 81.9
28 81.0 87.3 87.4 81.3 83.8
29 44.8 48.1 34.5 44.7 44.9
30 58.1 75.3 45.3 78.9 66.6
31+ 65.5 76.7 77.2 76.6 73.3
Overall 87.4 90.9 84.2 91.1 88.7
   
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 2018 who are still in an active-duty status on 30 September 2019.