Why don't officers wear marksmanship badges?

Marine Corps officers always wear shooting badges. Lt. Col. ret

Had them when I was an EM out of basic. I still have them somewhere but they never were on the uniform after OCS. I was told as a newbie that officers didn't wear them. Oh geeze, and I had carbine on mine. I guess its best not to carry all that extra weigh that makes holes in the fabric. ???

Yes indeed officers need to wear their weapons qualification badges, if not then they have no reason to go the range. Leave range control completely to E-6 and above.

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Richard McManus
Chief Warrant Officer-3/counterintelligence special agent (more like an FBI agent than CIA officer) and combat paramedic/LPN, Vietnam US Army retired, BS psychology and nursing, Everett, WA, USA (near Seattle).

Frankly I think they should especially if in a combat arms in a troop leading position. We should set the example for our soldiers. Yes, individual training is the NCO prerogative but we set the example for that, too. I was proud of my expert rifle, pistol, tank crew, grenade, and machine gun badges. If that would have made my fellow officers feel bad about what they earned, then go do the work to do better.

Historically, Officers don’t wear marksmanship badges because it was assumed they were experts in marksmanship. (No need for sarcasm or wit needed here. I’m just providing the history lesson). There is no regulation prohibiting them from wearing them. In my experience (25 years of service) the best officers rarely wore any of the badges and medals they were authorized to wear in a duty uniform. They were humble, did their job, and on the rare occasion a dress uniform was worn, one would get a glimpse into their earned accomplishments with medals and ribbons.

Frankly, I had no idea that “officer culture” and “tradition” said not to wear marksmanship badges. I was an Infantry rifle platoon leader in the mid ‘70’s and we all wore ours. And who posted the nonsense about officers only carrying pistols and not rifles? He never served in an Infantry company.

Some officers might not want to display that they've shot less than expert. I think that is silly. Context matters. If an officer has the opportunity to go to the range multiple times a month then their score should reflect that. I shoot marksman or sharpshooter and as a National Guard officer who most years zeros and shoots once I think I'm doing pretty good to maintain a passing score with no practice. Unless I buy an AR-15 I'm not going to get to shoot much more. Most years I've been the range OIC and my personal goal is to zero efficiently and qualify in one iteration so I can focus my attention on running the range.

I also wear my drivers badge which many others frown upon. I've driven, driven not TC'd, many more miles as an officer than when I was an NCO.

I wore my rifle expert and wheeled driver badge my entire career. I felt it showed I was competent in tasks I was asking my Soldiers to perform

I served 1-1/2 years in combat, during Vietnam. I made SP/5 by "battlefield" promotions and I was up for SSG when I was wounded the second. I assure you that I was absolutely comfortable knowing whether the officers over me could shoot a weapon in a "pinch". I had to know where my protection was and how effective that protection was. "Charlie" and "Nathan" really didn't care whether a soldier was "politically correct " and I would never trust a political officer with my life!!!!!!