Posted on Oct 31, 2014
Why don't officers wear marksmanship badges?
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The day I turned my chevrons in for gold bars I noticed something. All the officers I've ever seen never wore marksmanship badges in dress uniforms. I just assumed they were unauthorized for officers and removed it voluntarily. I honestly never desired to wear the badge (probably because I was only ever a sharpshooter), but I haven't found any documentation specifically preventing officers from wearing them. Do you think officers should wear them?
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I am not sure about now, been awhile since on active duty, but I believe it was thier choice whether they wore them or not. As an aside to this issue, I qualified expert on the M-60 general Purpose machine gun, in basic training, and had to keep my qualifying orders in my wallet the rest of the time was on active duty. That particular marksmanship badge was that rare!
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You can wear it if you earn it. My problem is to water down the award such as giving away Crewmember Wings to recruits who never flew an hour. Just Saying!
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No they should not could lead to disrespect due to the officer only being a marksman.
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After serving as a Marine for 14 years I received a direct commission as a 1LT in the Army Reserve. Could no longer my my Marine marksmanship badges on an Army uniform, so I entered into rifle completions and was awarded the Army Excellence in Competion for rifle and wore it until I retired as an O-4.
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They're not expected to shoot anything. Literally, they don't normally wear because they're not really marksmen. They manage combat, not directly participate.
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