Why don't officers wear marksmanship badges?

Tradition

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Man, this is a real tough one to answer. Officers aren't seen as marksmen, because the are only required to carry a compass, side arm (pistol) and a map. Many would qualify as a marksmen. They mostly lead, talk on the radio and dole out assignments. If a lot more officers would chime in on this subject, maybe we'd have better answers.

Marines are like vegans, if they don’t tell someone within 5 minutes of meeting them, they will explode. “Also did I mention that every Marine is a rifleman? Even the cooks!”

They don't want the lower enlisted to see how bad they shoot.

As someone who read a lot of regulations over the years, Officers are certainly authorized to wear marksmanship badges. Like others have said, it is more of a culture thing not to wear them.

Being able to qualify with your weapon is a basic Soldier skill. It is not a skill for just enlisted Soldiers to master.

I practiced shooting and was proud that I could shoot well, and I wore my qualification badge with pride, even in my official military photo. To me it was all part of leading by example.

I think everyone should wear their qualifications. It would give others something to strive for. Truthfully I couldn't shoot an M16A2 and only qualified marksman with it. But give me a SAW and I could out shoot just about anyone in my company.

If an officer shoots expert, he/ she probably would look silly wearing it. If they don't shoot expert, they probably don't want to wear one. Everyone else would never know.

Coast Guard doesn't have badges, just ribbons with various devices. I can't recall ever seeing an officer with them, except for one Mustang.

I never failed to wear any badge I earned and I qualified expert with the M16, .45 and the M9. I ran all of the marksmanship ranges at Ft McClellan from 7/1981 to 10/1982 and qualified on every weapons system used by Military Police. In Desert Storm, I qualified with and carried an M249.... it was a PITA, but hey, it was better than an M9 - which I also carried.