My personal experience was starting with all of the high schoolers at the end of May, so my series and our sister series each had 4 platoons of 11X recruits. When we graduated 13 weeks later, we ranged from 74 at lowest to 78 at highest. read more
The branch with the lowest basic training attrition rate, according to figures from the Department of Defense, is the Air Force, which only sees between 7 and 8 percent of its recruits drop out after boot camp. The Navy, Army, and Marines have recruits drop out at roughly the same rate, as each other, between 11 and 14 percent annually. read more