Inexplicably, YouTube generation military personnel just can’t seem to get it right. Why’s it so hard to understand that what makes it onto film has a way of staying there? As the Abu Ghraib defendants learned the hard way, it also has a way of coming back to haunt you.

What now? Footage of a puppy being launched off a cliff into the desert by Marines in Iraq has made the rounds on YouTube. It...

1-Eating lunch too close to the fecal-screen counter (blech!)…

2-Taking the client at her word (“She doesn’t bite!”)…

3-Not wearing gloves while flushing out ears or examining a potential abscess (so much for a dinner date appetite)…

4-Investigating a possible ringworm lesion barehanded then getting distracted and suffering three circular lesions to your ankle (presumably after scratching the...