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There's no way the average term of enlistment is 15 years. Very few people choose to re-enlist after their first term, or are even allowed to. In 2016, there we

• Johnny555 5y ago
  I just used the snippet returned a Google search, which said: The average length of enlistment for U.S. military personnel is just under 15 years for all branches. The average service time for officers is a bit less, averaging about 11 years. The U.S. Air Force has an average enlistment time of 14.7 years. Oct 4, 2017 The referenced URL is: https://classroom.synonym.com/beyonce-curls-8729.html https://classroom.synonym.com/beyonce-curls-8729.html (yes, that "beyonce-curls" URL is the right one) Surprisingly, it does include references, but only one of them still exists, which backs up the 11 year number for officers, but not for general enlisted: https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2011/10/05/chapter-6-a-profile-of-the-modern-military/ https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2011/10/05/chapter... The average officer in 2009 had been in the military nearly 11 years, slightly more than a year longer than the average in 1973. The pattern among enlisted personnel is more complicated. The average length of service for enlisted personnel rose from 5.8 years in 1973 to a peak of 7.5 in 1994 and 1996, but then began drifting downward and now stands at 6.7 years.