Maxim 4: Close air support covereth a multitude of sins.- The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries

Howard Tayler
Maxim 4: Close air support covereth a multitude of sins.-...
Maxim 4: Close air support covereth a multitude of sins.-...
Maxim 4: Close air support covereth a multitude of sins.-...
Maxim 4: Close air support covereth a multitude of sins.-...
About This Quote

In the 1960s, the US military developed a four-word phrase that became a guiding principle for air support: “Close air support covereth a multitude of sins.” The idea was that air power could stop a battle from ever beginning, or at least from getting out of hand. In other words, air support could prevent a battle from turning into a bloodbath. It was a strategy of last resort, because it meant giving up some battlefield advantage to achieve a greater strategic goal.

Some Similar Quotes
  1. If someone were to harm my family or a friend or somebody I love, I would eat them. I might end up in jail for 500 years, but I would eat them. - Johnny Depp
  2. Sometimes you know you've got a chance with a girl because she wants to fight with you. If the world wasn't so messed up, it wouldn't be like that. If the world was normal, a girl being nice to you would be a good sign,... - Nick Hornby
  3. Smirking, he says, "Whatever spell you just tried to cast on me, it didn't work, so I think you need to go back to Hogwarts. - Jenny Han
  4. Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. - Elbert Hubbard
  5. I feel that life is divided into the horrible and the miserable. That's the two categories. The horrible are like, I don't know, terminal cases, you know, and blind people, crippled. I don't know how they get through life. It's amazing to me. And the... - Woody Allen
More Quotes By Howard Tayler
  1. Captain, I'm fairly unique among artificial intelligences. I am FREE.I work for you because I want to. I fly your ship for you because I enjoy it. I am compelled to accept orders only by my conscience. This makes me an equal with the rest...
  2. Where's your sense of adventure? It died under mysterious circumstances. My sense of self-preservation found the body, but assures me it has an airtight alibi.- Captain Tagon & Captain Andreyasn
  3. Maxim 3: An ordnance technician at a dead run outranks everybody.- The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries
  4. Maxim 29: The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less.- The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries
  5. Judging by the sounds of general panic, I want a gun like that.
Related Topics