Table B-40.  FY 2009 Active Component Enlisted Members Continuation Rates by Years of Service and Service
	Year of	SERVICE
	Service	ARMY	NAVY	MARINE CORPS	AIR FORCE	TOTAL DoD
	1	86.6%	91.1%	93.6%	92.9%	90.1%
	2	90.7%	91.9%	95.4%	93.6%	92.4%
	3	86.0%	93.0%	95.4%	94.4%	90.8%
	4	78.6%	73.5%	54.0%	79.6%	72.0%
	5	80.6%	78.9%	72.1%	93.2%	81.4%
	6	85.1%	84.0%	92.9%	78.8%	84.2%
	7	86.1%	90.9%	95.2%	93.4%	90.1%
	8	88.3%	81.8%	80.1%	90.8%	86.2%
	9	90.8%	89.1%	87.2%	92.9%	90.5%
	10	91.7%	87.9%	92.6%	91.8%	90.7%
	11	92.6%	92.8%	93.3%	94.6%	93.3%
	12	93.7%	94.8%	91.2%	94.9%	94.1%
	13	94.5%	95.4%	90.0%	96.8%	94.9%
	14	95.8%	93.4%	95.3%	97.3%	95.6%
	15	96.7%	97.0%	96.0%	97.9%	97.1%
	16	97.5%	97.7%	97.7%	98.4%	97.8%
	17	98.5%	98.2%	98.2%	99.0%	98.5%
	18	98.9%	99.0%	98.6%	99.3%	99.0%
	19	99.0%	99.2%	99.4%	99.4%	99.2%
	20	70.1%	42.2%	61.7%	74.9%	62.5%
	21	74.1%	79.1%	71.6%	77.4%	76.3%
	22	74.0%	80.5%	71.3%	79.6%	77.6%
	23	77.4%	79.8%	78.6%	79.3%	78.8%
	24	70.6%	55.3%	80.3%	74.3%	69.3%
	25	77.9%	79.1%	83.9%	78.1%	78.7%
	26	70.8%	53.1%	85.3%	55.8%	61.4%
	27	80.2%	81.2%	83.2%	75.4%	78.7%
	28	79.1%	80.8%	85.3%	60.5%	72.4%
	29	88.1%	86.0%	86.6%	77.2%	83.7%
	30	47.0%	19.9%	26.2%	14.6%	27.0%
	31+	59.2%	27.9%	32.0%	6.8%	45.9%
	Overall	86.8%	86.9%	86.0%	90.4%	87.5%
	Continuation rates represent the fraction of those serving on active-duty in 2008 who are still in an
	active-duty status in 2009.