Why don't officers wear marksmanship badges?

This is a bit off subject, but I'll provide it as an FYI
It is customary, and in some cases by regulation, that officers in many foreign armies do not wear weapons qualification awards - example: In the German Bundeswehr (Armed Forces), officers must qualify with their sidearm, but do not wear the "Schuetzenschnur" (weapons qualification cord or rope). Only NCOs and EM wear it. The logic is that as an officer he/she is "expected" to qualify and therefore does not receive the award.

Bit ironic that the army with all the shiny brass and buttons they wear that the officers don’t add on the shooting badges. Seems a do dad medal driven branch. Just my opinion on that one.

We wear them in the Navy. Must be an Army culture thing.

I was in a reserve detachment of 8 commanded by a full colonel. We had to do our yearly qualification. The Colonel was given a worn out barrel shaking .45. He took his stance aimed and fired. He didn't break paper. He hrumphed and moved closer to the target and after continued misses he was about 3 feet from the target and finally scored. The range sgt said: Sir I can't qualify you to which the colonel replied: Sgt, I'm a full colonel I would command a division, there are about 21,000 troops between me and the enemy and believe me if the enemy gets to me they will be about 3 feet away. The Sgt passed him. And that's why officers don't wear marksmanship badges!

Interesting observation. If it is not prohibited by reg, I would wear something that I had earned. Is it possible that you received your commission through OTS and the others were West point or ROTC grads? The difference may be that they were not afforded a marksmanship badge. I know that in the USAF, officers qualified on side arms such as 9mm and .38 pistols. Enlisted and NCOs qualified on rifles such as the M-16. We only received ribbons vs badges for qualification and you had to fire in the expert category to receive authorization. We had a whole lot of "retread" officers that came through OTS/OCS that had been enlisted and wore all sorts of ribbons and medals that officers only did not have. One got used to seeing "Good conduct" medals on officers, which signified that they had prior enlisted time. The bizarre ribbons were the ones from other services that you couldn't find on an AF ribbon/medal poster, and had to go to a DoD poster instead. I might consult with a fellow company grade officer and ask if there is a protocol or is it a choice?

My experience is that the Officer corps is generally lacking in marksmanship and are ashamed of their lack of aility.

I always wore my badges. I expected my subordinate officers and senior NCO to all qualify Expert. When they started wearing their badges overall marksmanship in the unit improved.
When I was assigned to a Higher headquarters, Command. I wore my Expert badges. Other officers who were shooters donned theirs. Eventually, the badges started to appear our officers set the example and focused on their shooting skills.

I first enlisted before becoming an NCO and then later earning my commission. During my second marksmanship qualification as an enlisted soldier I fired Expert and always thereafter. I also qualified with German Army weapons and earned a Schutzenschnur from the German Bundeswehr.

I was proud that I was competent with my assigned weapons, so I wore the Expert Marksman badge. I see no issue with it, other than some officers didn't shoot well and did not want to display that fact.

In the Marine Corps marksmanship badges are worn by both enlisted and officers.

When I was commissioned, I had almost two years enlisted. I, and my fellow OCs, were told officers don’t wear marksmanship badges. It was explained as a “cultural thing,” and no regulations prohibit an officer from wearing those badges. Another thing the instructors pointed out was the officer who did wear those badges was prior enlisted. I asked why it seemed to be such a problem to some officers that other officers came up through the ranks? The instructor was a WP graduate and made sure we knew it. Other instructors, like most of our class, were prior enlisted and were the ones we learned the most from. Our TAC officer was ROTC and no one really liked her.

I wore mine.
In Class As, not on TWs.