American Military Museum

360 Concord Street

Charleston, South Carolina 29401

(843) 577-7000

The museum displays hundreds of uniforms and artifacts from all branches of service, beginning with the Revolutionary War. Its collections also include antique toy soldiers, war toys, miniatures, and weaponry. The museum is open Monday - Saturday 10-6, and Sunday 1-5. If you'd like to volunteer to help out with the many projects at the museum you can contact them at the above location. They would appreciate your interest/involvement.

Several members of the Charleston Chiefs' Group (representing Active Duty, Reserve and Retired Chiefs), on 21 April 2004, presented to the museum a set of stripes belonging to the former (9th) Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force (July 1986 - July 1990), James C. Binnicker, as well as a plaque that will be mounted just below the framed stripes.

CMSgt (retired) Bob Strobel displays a plaque presented to the American Military Museum. The plaque is from the Charleston Chiefs' Group and has embedded in it the coins from the Chiefs' Group as well as the wing coins of the 437th and 315th Airlift Wings. The plaque will be displayed just below the framed stripes of former CMSAF James C. Binnicker.

CMSgt (retired) Bob Strobel presents the plaque to Lieutenant General (USAF Retired) Claudius E. Watts III, Chairman of the Advisory Council of the American Military Museum.

Lieutenant General (USAF Retired) Claudius E. Watts III, Chairman of the Advisory Council of the American Military Museum and Mr. George Meagher, Director of the American Military Museum pose for a group photo with members of the Charleston Chiefs' Group after the presentation.