Table D-12.  Mean Age and Months of Service of Active Component Enlisted Members, FYs 1973-2005
	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