The first case of swine flu in the United States during the current outbreak was identified in San Diego County by part of a surveillance program connected with the Naval Health Research Center there, which only began monitoring influenza in 2005.
Just last month, Chinese naval vessels harassed and deliberately almost caused a collision with the USNS Impeccable, an unarmed U.S. Navy surveillance vessel, which at the time of the incident was conducting routine operations in international waters 75 miles south of Hainan Island.