A site survey of the Port of Subic is being conducted on October 4, 2011 at Subic Bay, Republic of the Philippines . This survey was carried out in order to prepare for an off-loading that will happen on October 5, 2011 in support of Exercise PHIBLEX 2012. PHIBLEX 2012 is a bilateral training exercise and security assistance program between the U.S. military and the Armed Forces of the Philippines. The exercise ensures disaster relief efforts are more responsive, efficient and effective and complement U.S. and Philippine reconstruction efforts done in the wake of the typhoons that devastated parts of the Philippines in 2009.