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AUGUSTA BAY, Italy (Mar 24, 2011) – Fire Controlman 3rd Class Michael Bridges, conducts preventive maintenance on a SPG-62 illuminator part of the MK-99 Aegis fire control system aboard the Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Stout (DDG 55). Stout is in Augusta Bay loading supplies in support of Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn (JTF OD). JTF OD is the U.S. Africa Command task force established to provide operational and tactical command and control of U.S. military forces supporting the international response to the unrest in Libya and enforcement of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1973. UNSCR 1973 authorizes “all necessary measures†to protect civilians in Libya under threat of attack by Qadhafi regime forces. JTF Odyssey Dawn is commanded by U.S. Navy Adm. Samuel J. Locklear, III. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Daniel Viramontes/Released)