<prompt> Human: This morning I looked at my LES pretty much my pay stub and noticed that my pay for this pay period was only 120. I went to my admin, the people that handle my pay, and asked them why my paycheck was almost 700 less than what it usually is. I was told that they had been paying me for the wrong rank for almost a year now. The pay difference was so small that I did not notice each paycheck that I was being overpaid. Now a year later the Navy wants their money back a total of roughly over 3,000. This month they took 1675 and next month and additional 1480 will be taken from me. Does anyone military or civilian know what I should do in this situation? Thanks.  <response>: Same thing happened to me in the Army. They spread the payments out over the course of 12 or 18 months I think. That being said, Im almost 100 sure that there is a limit to how much they can take from your paycheck for this issue. You need to call them and make sure they arent breaking rules. That limit is there so that you can shoulder the debt without taking away your ability to survive. 