Why don't officers wear marksmanship badges?

I absolutely am under the methodology that officers should wear their marksmanship badge. I agree with the domains of responsibility between NCOs and Officers. That's how it's always been. I do get into the grey area a little where PSGs are also responsible hand in hand for the collective tng along side their Platoon Leader, 1SG with the CDR, and so forth. But regardless, yes, we are masters at the technical side of our job which often correlates down to individual level stuff.

However, based off of the methodology of officers are expected to be experts so don't wear badges, and the badge they choose is a marksmanship badge of all things, then why do Infantry officers wear Ranger tabs when it's expected of them to be Ranger qualified? Kind of an "unwritten rule" in the Infantry, right? Yet I see hundreds of proudly worn Ranger tabs (as they should be worn). In my experiences at qualification ranges, a number of officers actually do NOT qualify expert because of the mindset "if I'm firing my weapon then something is wrong." I think it boils down to being a professional. If I'm expecting my Soldiers to qualify expert, then I will shoot until my fingers bleed to get expert. If my Soldiers see me with an expert badge, they know that I'm an expert, and its not assumed. It's a sense of pride and shows that your not "above" wearing a simple qualification badge because of being an officer. I'd go even a step further and say since we are NCOs, it is actually 1000% expected that we are experts at the individual tasks, so why would we wear the qualification badge?

Just my opinion. I don't think any rank is above wearing badges that they are authorized.

The ONLY reason is that too many of the senior officers and West Pointers would be embarrassed not to have it. As an officer who was an expert marksman, I hated that "rule." By the way, it is strictly enforced by the Army chain of command, whether regulation or not.

I am a Vietnam Veteran and I have never seen any officer wearing weapon badges. So it has been a part of tge officer badges. I’ll keep an eye on WWI and II Veterans uniforms.

I wasn't an officer, but I did wear all my qualifications; I earned every one from the M2 to pistol and most everything in between. If I didn't qualify as at least sharpshooter I practiced as much as I could to do better next time. To me, everyone needs to know how to use as many weapons effectively as that's the basics.

My CO in Germany had a Tab for being one of the 100 best marksman.

Not always true officers in a mortar plt of any size have no clue so direction and all that an officer is supposed to provide is done by the highest ranking nco no matter the rank called pltsgt

When I became an officer I also took mine off. Once in a while Id see an O wearing theres but never cared. Personally I wished Officers would wear there marksmanship badge but I can easily see how anything less than Expert would detract from an officers credibility. Its bad enough when I was in a DA photo could be used against you if you looked bad. I volunteer with the MDNG and sometimes I see guard guys/gals wearing them but very few.

Well if they're not required to or if it isn't mandatory why should they rock the boat .

I'm just spitballing it. But, don't officer's generally qualify on the 45 or 9mm side arms. Just my two cents

In the Air Force I got my marksmanship ribbon and had no issue wearing it. I earned it. I displayed it.