Bruce Hoffman spent four years in the United States Marine Corps.  Two of those years were spent in Vietnam and Okinawa.  And My Mother Danced with Chesty Puller is the story of a young Marine's adventures during the Vietnam War, sometimes humorous, sometimes hair-raising.  The story begins with a young man drawn into the Marine Corps to become an Embassy Marine but he ends up stuck with an office job instead.  He struggles to get into the fight in Vietnam, only to be stationed in South Carolina and is offered a part-time job with a bootlegger to ride shotgun. When he finally arrives in Vietnam he discovers that he isn't supposed to be there, but in Okinawa instead, which turns out to be the land of booze and brothels.  He was able to find a few girlfriends along the way, not only in South Carolina and Okinawa, but in Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam.  Marines weren't all in combat; many were "in the rear with the beer."  After volunteering three times for Vietnam he was able to transfer to Marine Corps Helicopter Squadron VMO-2, and fly as an Aerial Gunner in a UH-1E Huey Helicopters.  Finally, he became a Marine in combat. In Clicking Mics, Bruce Hoffman offers a peek behind the door of an extensive law enforcement career with 175 anecdotes of history, lessons learned, and amusing events.  After returning home to Florida from the battlefields of Vietnam, Bruce traded his Marine Corps uniform for a badge and gun.  Patrolling the streets of Hillsborough County (Tampa) Florida is not the same as serving in a warzone, but there are some similarities - Bruce recounts stories of seeing the best and worst of humanity, describes the struggle of deciding between right and wrong when there are too many shades of gray, and details the two instances when he experienced friendly fire from fellow cops.  In addition to the serious business of police work, Bruce shares some of the amusing shenanigans of his squad and the crazy characters they encountered. In his twenty-seven years of service to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Bruce developed a distinct point of view, one that he imparts with his heartfelt and sometimes humorous stories and lessons learned from living the day-to-day highs and lows of being a law enforcement officer.