I would say their duty is protect first, mitigate the threat, make sure the path is safe, then extract. They surrounded him, so if there were shots fired in his direction, they would have hit the SS. Then they made sure the path was cleared to get him out of there, and then they pulled him out, surrounded by SS.
Vance, they just were "hey, grab your napkin and run with us!!!" They didn't make sure the path was safe or that he was covered at all.
I would say their duty is protect first, mitigate the threat, make sure the path is safe, then extract. They surrounded him, so if there were shots fired in his direction, they would have hit the SS. Then they made sure the path was cleared to get him out of there, and then they pulled him out, surrounded by SS.
Vance, they just were "hey, grab your napkin and run with us!!!" They didn't make sure the path was safe or that he was covered at all.
Just my understanding of the process.