Table B-40.  Active Component Enlisted Members Continuation Rates, FY15: by Service and Years of Service

Year of SERVICE  
Service ARMY  NAVY MARINE CORPS AIR FORCE TOTAL DoD
1 91.0 94.3 95.5 94.2 93.2
2 91.5 95.3 96.1 95.7 94.0
3 77.9 94.3 93.4 94.5 88.2
4 71.8 74.7 46.3 87.6 70.0
5 80.7 83.4 50.2 92.1 79.8
6 79.6 81.0 89.8 77.3 80.3
7 79.4 92.2 88.6 91.0 86.6
8 77.9 83.6 72.2 87.9 81.0
9 81.6 90.1 76.6 92.5 86.1
10 84.7 91.8 79.5 92.0 87.4
11 86.3 94.7 84.4 93.3 89.9
12 86.9 94.9 79.8 94.4 90.0
13 88.6 96.0 85.1 95.3 92.0
14 87.3 89.6 91.8 95.3 90.7
15 86.5 97.3 84.5 90.9 90.5
16 92.8 98.4 81.0 96.3 94.2
17 94.0 98.6 82.4 96.1 94.8
18 96.0 99.2 84.5 97.1 96.0
19 97.5 99.1 92.7 99.0 97.9
20 57.6 44.4 50.8 63.0 55.0
21 72.5 83.1 69.0 66.0 72.4
22 76.7 84.2 68.6 68.3 75.1
23 71.1 83.1 78.5 65.3 72.0
24 76.7 57.3 78.5 42.7 61.1
25 76.4 83.4 77.8 75.1 77.6
26 60.7 47.9 78.9 49.1 56.5
27 79.6 88.1 78.5 80.8 81.7
28 76.7 90.6 87.1 83.8 82.8
29 61.8 90.6 92.1 78.8 76.0
30 71.7 9.3 6.4 10.6 28.6
31+ 68.3 28.6 11.5 4.0 54.8
Overall 83.5 89.0 81.1 89.8 85.9
   
      Continuation rates represent the percentage of those serving on active-duty in 2014 who are still in an 
      active-duty status in 2015.