Why don't officers wear marksmanship badges?

Yes

Funny, as an Infantry 1st Lt. In 'Nam in '67/'68, I caaried and used an M1 Garand, and later an AK47. In my time in the "Brown Shoe Army," I never knew that officers were not supposed to wear their marksmanship badges. My experience tells me I was glad I qualified as an "Expert" with the rifle. I found I needed those skills and I don't understand why officers should refrain from wearing their badges.

"Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges" - The Air Force has a ribbon and I wore it proudly since it was only the second one I ever received after commissioning as a 2nd Looey

When the CMOH was first introduced it was only for enlisted and NCOs. Maybe marksman badges were never authorized for officers when first introduced

Well, during my enlisted and NCO days, I was a member of the Marksmanship Training Unit (MTU) for the PRARNG and constantly we were training and qualifying as expert with both pistol and rifle. I attended numerous TAG Matches and military marksmanship competitions and earned the “Governors Dozen” tab for both pistol and rifle. I was on a good roll to obtain the “Presidents Hundred” tab which is very desirable amongst ARMY personnel (if you are into the marksmanship field) and so on. When I commisioned as a Warrant Officer, because basically we read regulations more often, I learned that there is no regulation that states that wearing my marksmanship badges was not permitted and that it was an “officers thing”!! Well, I wear my matksmanship badges proudly because I EARN THEM. Every year I go to the range and qualify and wear my badges with pride. It is funny that when I get to a new unit, soldiers and officers look at me with disbelief when I go 39-40 or 40-40.... And then they start saking for advise on how to properly perform marksmanship tasks and accomplish a good score... “The Chief can shoot”!!! So, wear your marksmanship badges with pride. YOU EARNED IT. ARMY STRONG.

I asked this in my unit and the answer was that the officers didn’t want to outshine solders and NCOs and it was an expectation for them to be proficient.

Sometimes a junior officer does not get all the facts before he reacts. I was an E-2 (former E-5) sporting and EIB. A 1LT confronted me and asked where I got my CIB. I told him Germany and he was ok. But I had to correct his young self that it was an EIB. I should have told him the PX. lol. At any rate my PLT leader was a West Pointer (RIP) and he always requested me to go down range. My grandson is a 2LT ABN and I advised him to seek the counsel of the SGT's before before he made a disciplinary decision. Keep it in the family and treat it as learning experience if no one was hurt.

If an Officer who receives Marksmanship is lower than his soldiers how would that look. It's better to not wear them than to look weaker than his platoon.

For Officers to wear marksmanship badges,
Some Officers may not use a weapon. Their jobs are peace makers or healers.
Having a weapon changes their category to fighter and not their real job.
Yes they need to protect their clients but their are other ways besides weapons.

They should wear everything their soldiers thay follow them wear. Lead from the front. I also think it may be time to reconsider the rank structure and begin to bring every soldier through basic training, officer and enlisted together. Let the officer train side by side with the ones they will lead upon commission.