I can t tell you that I would not have done precisely the same thing. I can t tell you with certainty that I would not have ended her life. Yes, there was the training. There was the constant instruction in the use of Deadly Force. But instruction is one thing.
Training is another.
Once a properly trained soldier enters that type of situation there is no thought. There is only training. The entire being changes. The soldier reacts. He does so automatically and completely without thought.