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On 1 August 2016, the Pentagon announced the U.S. military effort to support the Libyan government against ISIL would be code-named Operation Odyssey Lightning.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://insidedefense.com/insider/libya-effort-named-operation-odyssey-lightning|title=Libya effort named 'Operation Odyssey Lightning'|access-date=2017-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202043044/https://insidedefense.com/insider/libya-effort-named-operation-odyssey-lightning|archive-date=2017-02-02|url-status=live}}</ref> Members of the US Armed Forces consisted of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit ([[HMLA-467]], [[1st Battalion, 6th Marines|BLT 1/6]], and [[Combat Logistics Battalion 22|CLB 22]]) aboard the USS Wasp and USS San Antonio. Between August and December 2016, US forces launched 495 precision strikes in and around Sirte.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2017/01/us-bombs-two-islamic-state-camps-south-of-sirte-libya.php|title=US bombs 2 Islamic State camps south of Sirte, Libya|website=Long War Journal|date=19 January 2017|access-date=28 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128002309/http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2017/01/us-bombs-two-islamic-state-camps-south-of-sirte-libya.php|archive-date=28 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> On 20 December, AFRICOM formally announced the end of its military operations to help GNA capture Sirte.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libyanexpress.com/us-africom-ends-military-operation-against-is-radicals-in-libya/|title=US AFRICOM ends military operation against IS radicals in Libya|publisher=Libyan Express|date=21 December 2016|access-date=30 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101002727/http://www.libyanexpress.com/us-africom-ends-military-operation-against-is-radicals-in-libya/|archive-date=1 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
In September 2017, the US Africa Command announced that 495 precision airstrikes were carried out and 800 to 900 ISIL fighters were killed during the operation in Sirte between 1 August and 19 December 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2017/09/us-resumes-strikes-against-islamic-state-in-libya.php|title=US resumes strikes against Islamic State in Libya|publisher=FDD's LONG WAR JOURNAL|date=30 September 2017|access-date=5 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006021327/https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2017/09/us-resumes-strikes-against-islamic-state-in-libya.php|archive-date=6 October 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to the airstrikes, the destroyer [[USS
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