and at least two years at the pay complaints counter.

And trying to convince soldiers that it was an ADVANCE pay that had to be collect from the next paycheck(s) was sometimes quite difficult.

Best "war story" .. We had a Major (O-4) and a Specialist (E-4) with the same name and MI (eg Ronald M McDonald) and the same SSN expect for two digits switched in last 4 (eg 123-45-6789 vs 123-45-6879) SPC made a pay change of bank and it was processed against the MAJ account. SPC loved the raise, until we had to take it back.