Why don't officers wear marksmanship badges?

I do not think so. I never wore them as a SSG. Even though I was a expert with my M14. As a warrant I qualified with a 38 and 45. I ran the Arms room as the PBO.

Could be a carryover picked up from the German Army since German Officers are not permitted to wear the German Shooting Cord and although an American Officer may qualify for it, it may not be worn,

Same reason officers don't do a PFT with enlisted; they don't want us to know if they suck. At least that's how it was in the Corps

It is not what we think, it is what we enforce. All Soldiers, officer and enlisted, enforce the standards. More especially the Noncommissioned Officer. NCOs do not enforce the "culture." NCOs do not care about the culture of training and leading Soldiers. NCOs authority is derived from their commander and their respective policies which therein are derived from regulations. Whether you have a "desire" to wear them or not is irrelevant. It means you place subjective over objective. Which means you look for grey where there only is only black and white. This "culture" that is talked about is a prejudice. It is a limited viewpoint that most officers are sourced from ROTC and West Point.* I was an NCO (E-7) with 16 years in the Army right before I graduated OCS and was pinned 2nd Lieutenant. I was a pretty good shooter (mostly Sharpshooter and occasionally Expert) and I was darn proud of it and I rolled it into my pride with being in the Army. And I sure was proud of being an NCO and given the rare honor of becoming an Officer. *Not a critique of commissioning source at all. Don't misconstrue.

Who cares? If anyone doubts my shooting abilities, let's go to the range. Honestly, nobody has ever brought up that I don't have one on. But then I'm a gun pilot...we all like guns and shooting stuff anyways.

Military doctrine has taught that an officer is supposed to lead,and not fight so much.History has shown that battles go to the officers who are aggressive and fight.

I have always thought that the Army uniform was max tacky. A PFC has so much "stuff" on his jacket that he is easily mistaken as a General. The Army needs to tone the hardware way down to stop looking like a costume instead of a uniform. JMO.

If you have earned the badge then you should wear the badge. Period.

If officers are not expected to be proficient in their weapon systems then why are armor officers required to qualify with their tanks? All of this talk about how officers are planners and leaders and not in the shooting business seems to me to be a moot point when the bullets start flying. Every battalion commander, company commander, and platoon leader I ever served with qualified their tank with their tank crew. As officers they were expected to not only lead the battle, they were expected to actually fight their tank. They were tank crew members that were very much in the putting steel on target business and in the development and implementation of the plan. Someone mentioned the "burden" of command in an above post. I would suggest that if you believe that to command is a "burden" you should apply for an an immediate retirement of your commission. Command is a privilege not a burden. To insinuate otherwise is an insult to a long line of officers that have had the privilege of commanding soldiers and doing it better than any other military in the world. Officers are soldiers first. Leaders second. If all of your position is overrun and it is down to you and a few soldiers nobody cares what your rank is, they want you to be proficient at your fist job and that is to put bullets into bad guys.

I never really cared whether my officers wore their bolo badges or not. I only cared that they were proficient in their job. That included basic soldiering skills. I never cared about "officer" culture. Just do your job.