Requests for paid and/or unpaid military leave must be submitted in writing. Employees must provide their supervisors with copies of their military orders, including length of service if available, as soon as possible after they are received. The County may accept verbal notification of the need for military leave and may allow modification or postponement of the written requirements if giving such notice is impossible, unreasonable, or precluded by military necessity. Any request for leave must be submitted as far in advance as possible. Regular full-time and regular-part-time employees are eligible for military leave as provided in this Chapter. Other employees will be permitted to perform their military service, but may not be eligible for other benefits.