As an officer, you officially start negotiating orders 8-10 months from your rotation date, which is determined by the type of orders you are on. Orders as a suppo vary from 12 months (rare) to 36 months (more common), but a lot of variables can shorten/lengthen that. How much they listen to you really depends, haha. More @Wikipedia
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