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Investigators: Navy Yard shooter’s weapon shows troubled mind Washington Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis was on the loose for about an hour during his Sept. 16 rampage, engaging law enforcement officials in a series of gun battles inside the headquarters of Naval Sea Systems Command before he was killed, officials revealed Wednesday.   NATO-Russia counter-terrorism drill provides key communications link Maj. Jacek Wrotniewski, eyes fixed on the flashing map in front of him, couldn’t see the Russian jets scrambled from their base near the Baltic Sea.   South Korea to pursue relations with North, but there are limits South Korea will pursue trust-building strategies with the North, a top unification official said Wednesday, but he cautioned that “there is inevitably a limit to the relationship” if Pyongyang does not show progress toward denuclearization.   DOD IDs 2 casualties after helicopter falls off ship into Red Sea The Department of Defense said Lt. Cmdr. Landon L. Jones, 35, and Chief Warrant Officer Jonathon S. Gibson, 32, were inside the MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter when it crashed Sunday into the Red Sea after landing on the deck of the guided missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence.   Poor oversight of Air Force Academy artifacts, IG report finds Artifacts in the care of the Air Force Academy — some hundreds of years old — were poorly catalogued and stored, and some valuable items were even lost, according to an inspector general audit of the academy’s heritage program.   Drone F-16 takes flight, closer to becoming aerial target The first-of-its-kind test on Sept. 19 initially appeared like a normal F-16 takeoff, with a pilot in the cockpit conducting preflight checks. Then, with engine raring to go, the proximal pilot exited the cockpit and two remote Air Force pilots executed the flawless takeoff.   Feds seek dismissal of Petraeus-related lawsuit by socialite Jill Kelley The Obama administration on Tuesday sought dismissal of a lawsuit by Tampa, Fla., businesswoman Jill Kelley, whose complaint to the FBI led to Gen. David Petraeus' ouster as CIA director. Kelley wants to find out who leaked her name and emails to news media amid the uproar over Petraeus' affair with author Paula Broadwell.   Generals seen as trying to impede Afghan hospital inquiry The top U.S. general responsible for training the Afghan military and his deputy tried to impede their staff from contacting investigators about patient abuse at the largest military hospital in the war-torn country, according to the Pentagon's inspector general.   Air Force, UK police work to raise crime awareness in American community Air Force security personnel and British police are working together to raise awareness among Americans — who may have a false sense of security in a cozy, relatively safe corner of England — about habits that can keep them from becoming victims of crime.   Thunderbird and a matter of medals at Gettysburg convention Military medals matter. To some, they matter so much they’re willing to acquire them in ways that others deem inappropriate.