Jeff Grimes announced Friday that joint exercises involving the U.S., U.K., France and Japan at the U.S. Pacific island of Guam have been indefinitely postponed after a French landing craft ran aground. (Haven Daley/Associated Press)NAVAL BASE GUAM — Military drills on Guam in which four countries were to practice amphibious landings and moving their troops have been postponed indefinitely after a French landing craft ran aground Friday. The French landing craft ran aground just offshore and didn’t hit coral or spill any fuel, said Jeff Landis, a spokesman for Naval Base Guam. The drills around Guam and Tinian islands were scheduled to include amphibious landings, delivering forces by helicopter and urban patrols. Two French ships on a four-month deployment to the Indian and Pacific oceans were to be involved.

Source: Washington Post May 12, 2017 00:44 UTC