TABLE 2-21A


DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
REENLISTMENT RATES BY SERVICE (P29.20)
FISCAL YEARS 1981 THROUGH PRESENT

A/ "UNADJUSTED" REENLISTMENT RATES FOR B/ "ADJUSTED" REENLISTMENT RATES FOR FIRST-TERM REGULARS FIRST-TERM REGULARS TOTAL MARINE AIR TOTAL MARINE AIR DOD ARMY NAVY CORPS FORCE DOD ARMY NAVY CORPS FORCE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FY 1981 -------- ELIGIBLES 161,600 38,762 55,107 23,875 43,856 158,676 43,013 53,583 24,120 37,960 REENLISTMENTS 69,435 21,312 22,968 6,340 18,815 67,709 25,563 22,521 6,630 12,995 REENLISTMENT RATE 43.0% 55.0% 41.7% 26.6% 42.9% 42.7% 59.4% 42.0% 27.5% 34.2% FY 1982 -------- ELIGIBLES 148,862 36,302 43,659 21,342 47,559 149,480 39,276 45,522 21,769 42,913 REENLISTMENTS 77,279 21,008 21,949 7,262 27,060 69,725 23,982 23,871 3,103 18,769 REENLISTMENT RATE 51.9% 57.9% 50.3% 34.0% 56.9% 46.6% 61.1% 52.4% 14.3% 43.7% FY 1983 -------- ELIGIBLES 145,300 39,353 39,185 19,524 47,238 140,783 45,114 41,372 20,059 34,238 REENLISTMENTS 75,914 16,100 21,824 6,906 31,084 70,773 21,858 23,182 7,631 18,102 REENLISTMENT RATE 52.2% 40.9% 55.7% 35.4% 65.8% 50.3% 48.5% 56.0% 38.0% 52.9% FY 1984 -------- ELIGIBLES 144,076 36,136 45,924 22,027 39,989 137,437 38,519 47,311 20,642 30,965 REENLISTMENTS 74,652 14,558 26,631 8,710 24,753 66,800 16,941 26,813 7,317 15,729 REENLISTMENT RATE 51.8% 40.3% 58.0% 39.5% 61.9% 48.6% 44.0% 56.7% 35.4% 50.8% FY 1985 -------- ELIGIBLES 182,591 67,278 46,588 21,068 47,657 226,129 102,290 47,336 21,138 55,365 REENLISTMENTS 87,795 28,995 25,445 7,641 25,714 101,753 35,516 25,099 7,716 33,422 REENLISTMENT RATE 48.1% 43.1% 54.6% 36.3% 54.0% 45.0% 34.7% 53.0% 36.5% 60.4% FY 1986 -------- ELIGIBLES 187,695 82,318 45,602 19,176 40,599 241,996 124,842 46,543 18,438 52,173 REENLISTMENTS 92,284 33,816 26,168 8,829 23,471 112,209 43,064 25,999 8,101 35,045 REENLISTMENT RATE 49.2% 41.1% 57.4% 46.0% 57.8% 46.4% 34.5% 55.9% 43.9% 67.2% FY 1987 -------- ELIGIBLES 189,043 84,547 44,905 19,746 39,845 247,033 130,234 46,568 19,956 50,275 REENLISTMENTS 92,886 35,553 24,789 6,844 25,700 115,085 46,729 25,160 7,066 36,130 REENLISTMENT RATE 49.1% 42.1% 55.2% 34.7% 64.5% 46.6% 35.9% 54.0% 35.4% 71.9% FY 1988 -------- ELIGIBLES 192,318 75,015 48,188 20,549 48,566 254,426 124,088 49,672 22,884 57,782 REENLISTMENTS 94,439 36,362 26,097 5,402 26,578 136,802 49,817 26,132 7,712 53,141 REENLISTMENT RATE 49.1% 48.5% 54.2% 26.3% 54.7% 53.8% 40.1% 52.6% 33.7% 92.0% FY 1989 -------- ELIGIBLES 177,160 87,232 46,786 16,512 26,630 243,373 142,910 47,262 16,613 36,588 REENLISTMENTS 93,148 42,911 27,764 4,307 18,166 118,336 59,282 26,556 4,374 28,124 REENLISTMENT RATE 52.6% 49.2% 59.3% 26.1% 68.2% 48.6% 41.5% 56.2% 26.3% 76.9% FY 1990 -------- ELIGIBLES 177,289 72,527 46,131 12,795 45,836 203,605 84,232 47,044 13,081 59,248 REENLISTMENTS 89,822 35,968 26,684 3,620 23,550 86,390 18,963 26,450 3,905 37,072 REENLISTMENT RATE 50.7% 49.6% 57.8% 28.3% 51.4% 42.4% 22.5% 56.2% 29.9% 62.6% FY 1991 -------- ELIGIBLES 110,524 13,366 44,915 14,115 38,128 118,559 16,138 46,549 14,476 41,396 REENLISTMENTS 58,411 6,061 27,153 2,720 22,477 64,161 8,833 26,501 3,082 25,745 REENLISTMENT RATE 52.8% 45.3% 60.5% 19.3% 59.0% 54.1% 54.7% 56.9% 21.3% 62.2% FY 1992 -------- ELIGIBLES 115,610 14,839 47,048 17,695 36,028 119,055 14,447 48,647 17,839 38,122 REENLISTMENTS 55,883 5,037 26,459 3,312 21,075 58,474 4,645 27,215 3,445 23,169 REENLISTMENT RATE 48.3% 33.9% 56.2% 18.7% 58.5% 49.1% 32.2% 55.9% 19.3% 60.8% FY 1993 -------- ELIGIBLES 104,979 17,791 43,990 14,201 28,997 110,049 16,473 48,620 14,435 30,521 REENLISTMENTS 51,575 7,508 24,248 2,256 17,563 53,316 6,190 25,561 2,478 19,087 REENLISTMENT RATE 49.1% 42.2% 55.1% 15.9% 60.6% 48.4% 37.6% 52.6% 17.2% 62.5% FY 1994 -------- ELIGIBLES 95,094 15,639 41,715 15,807 21,933 93,304 12,757 41,874 15,837 22,836 REENLISTMENTS 45,703 7,702 21,898 3,053 13,050 44,821 5,363 22,430 3,075 13,953 REENLISTMENT RATE 48.1% 49.2% 52.5% 19.3% 59.5% 48.0% 42.0% 53.6% 19.4% 61.1% FY 1995 -------- ELIGIBLES 84,230 16,363 32,087 14,857 20,923 82,776 11,416 34,944 14,867 21,549 REENLISTMENTS 43,142 8,098 18,516 3,035 13,493 39,242 3,351 18,728 3,043 14,120 REENLISTMENT RATE 51.2% 49.5% 57.7% 20.4% 64.5% 47.4% 29.4% 53.6% 20.5% 65.5% FY 1996 -------- ELIGIBLES 87,063 21,342 27,136 16,611 21,974 82,830 15,504 28,525 16,615 22,186 REENLISTMENTS 38,839 8,456 13,857 3,643 12,883 34,905 2,773 15,390 3,647 13,095 REENLISTMENT RATE 44.6% 39.6% 51.1% 21.9% 58.6% 42.1% 17.9% 54.0% 22.0% 59.0% A/ "UNADJUSTED REENLISTMENT RATE" - THE RATIO OF TOTAL REENLISTMENTS OCCURRING IN A GIVEN PERIOD TO TOTAL SEPARATIONS OF PERSONNEL ELIGIBLE TO REENLIST IN THE SAME PERIOD, EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE. B/ "ADJUSTED REENLISTMENT RATE" - THE "UNADJUSTED" RATE ADJUSTED TO EXCLUDE THE EFFECTS OF: (1) EARLY SEPARATIONS FOR IMMEDIATE REENLISTMENTS AND (2) OTHER EARLY DISCHARGES OF ELIGIBLES UNDER EARLY RELEASE PROGRAMS FOR STRENGTH CONTROL PURPOSES.