Would the military remain efficient or even improve without officers? Keep it professional gentlemen!

Regardless of whether there were officers, someone would step in to fill that policy making role - it is just human nature. If we took a bunch of E-1's and isolated them, you could come back in a few weeks and find someone acting as the officer and several as varying levels of NCO. Try reading "Lord of the Flies" for an excellent literary example.

In a word, no.
Officers have their job - plan, prioritize, and resource.
Enlisted personnel have theirs - train and execute.

While I have done plenty of "officer business" over the years, I'll be damned if they ever do mine. I am thankful that I have officers to deal with politics, planning, and dealing with meetings so I can accomplish the necessary tasks that make my company go. I've gone without; it is not better.

No.

The rank structure has a purpose and without it there would be chaos, someone still has to lead and make high level decisions which filter down to others that can take care of individual or small group details that fit into the bigger picture. Order still has to be maintained and have clear channels of command, nothing else has ever worked well and history has already proved that. There can be no hesitation with lawful orders that are given, that delay can have a very big cost. Mutual respect can still be maintained and if any level of the structure looses that focus things will break down and not work very well. Take pride in that salute to Your senior Officers to show that respect and the return salute should be the same to show the respect is mutual. Officers, Warrant Officers or enlisted Members are all brothers and sisters but someone still has to be in charge.

As much as we poke fun at Officers, I would say no. Officers are the frontmen that handle the politics and planning aspect. NCOs are the "Backbone of the Army" meaning we make it happen, but Officers are the Unit representatives that make the necessary authorizations and planning needed for us to accomplish our mission. We all play a vital role in the mission. Although many of us have taken multiple challenges as NCOs in accomplishing a mission, the Officer is there to support us just as much as we are there to support them. I will still poke fun at the Butterbar LT on the land nav course, but I still have respect for the Officer and the role he plays in the big green machine...

Not no, but hell no. What most people believe is that an officer just signs the training calendar and briefs QTB and Command and Staff slides. I wouldn't want to do my commander's job and I totally hate it when he is out of the office. I could sit here all night and list the things my commander does and I thank (inset deity here) every day that I have my commander there to do his job.

Trust me you don't want to do what we do. My eyeballs feel like they're bleeding after my daily dose of OPORDs, awards writing, meeting slides and various other paper shuffling hell. I'm also signed for 30 million in property.

If you want a piece of this action go to OCS.

Officers, in my opinion, are the upper management of the Military. Budget, overview of readiness and the like. The Senior NCOs are the "Deck Plate Leaders" which advise and give feedback support to the Officers. They implement the programs and conduct/guide Subordinates to successfully attain skills and needed knowledge which the Command requires for effective tactical readiness and unit cohesion. So I feel a team of good, professional and committed Officers and Senior NCOs is what defines any Command.

The military would not improve without officers, and would probably turn into a mess. Someone has to be in charge, and officers are trained for the job.

Each has their function - officers implement the vision and mission, senior enlisted lead the juniors in aligning to the mission/vision and track the other things, such as training, readiness, unit preparations. Both work in sync, and the better they do - the better the unit.