Pat Proctor is a Kansas State Representative, representing the 41st House District (

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and

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). He was first elected in November 2020. Pat Proctor is also a retired United States Army colonel from Indiana, upon retirement from the Army he settled in Leavenworth, Kansas. Proctor is a graduate of the

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. Proctor most recently deployed to Jordan as a battalion commander. In 2009, he deployed as the operations officer for Task Force Patriot (2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery) to Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, Iraq. In 2007, Proctor worked as part of the Joint Strategic Assessment Team, a team of diplomats, military theorists, and intellectuals assembled by Gen.

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and Ambassador

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and led by Col.

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to develop the strategy for post-surge

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. Proctor is an assistant professor of homeland security at Wichita State University.

Writings

Since 2008, Proctor has been an active freelance writer. He has been published in the

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journal, ''

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'', and online a
StrategyPage.com
an
Armchair General
He just completed work on his fourth book, ''Lessons Unlearned: The U.S. Army's Role in Creating the Forever-Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq''. This book will be published by the

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in February 2020. * * *Proctor, Pat (with Carolyn Wheater and Jane R. Burstein)
''ASVAB AFQT Cram Plan''
(New York: Cliffs Notes, 2010), . *Proctor, Pat

(Manhattan, KS:

ProSIM Pat Proctor is a Kansas State Representative, representing the 41st House District (Fort Leavenworth and Leavenworth, Kansas). He was first elected in November 2020. Pat Proctor is also a retired United States Army colonel from Indiana, upon ...

, 2010), . * * * * *Proctor, Pat
''Task Force Patriot and the End of Combat Operations in Iraq''
(Lanham, MD: Government Institutes, 2012), . *Proctor, Pat,
Containment and Credibility: The Ideology and Deception that Plunged America into the Vietnam War
', (New York: Carrel Books, 2016), . * *Proctor, Pat,
Lessons Unlearned: The U.S. Army's Role in Creating the Forever Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
', (Columbia, MO: University of Missouri, 2020), . Proctor also maintains a blog
''Media Warfare''
which covers various topics and includes discussion of wargames, book reviews, and commentary on current events.

Wargame developer

Proctor is also a

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developer and founder o
ProSIM Company
This company develops computer wargames that are published by Shrapnel Games (an internet wargame distributor). ProSIM is known for its simulations of modern warfare, including such titles as

BCT Commander BCT Commander is a computer wargame developed by ProSIM Company and published by Shrapnel Games. The lead developer was ProSIM Company founder, Pat Proctor. It is a modern combat simulator and includes scenarios ranging from the 1973 October War t ...

Armored Task Force The ''Armored Task Force'' is a computer wargame developed by ProSIM Company and published by Shrapnel Games in 2002. The lead developer was Pat Proctor, the founder of ProSIM Company. Gameplay The game is a combat simulation that includes four ...

, and

Air Assault Task Force ''Air Assault Task Force'' is a computer wargame developed by ProSIM Company and published by Shrapnel Games. The lead developer was ProSIM Company founder, Pat Proctor. Other developers included Gary Bezant and Curt Pangracs. Air Assault Task ...

. ProSIM has also worked with military contractors such as

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and

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to produce ground combat simulations.http://www.combatsim.com/story.php?id=7052

Notes

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Proctor, Pat 1971 births Living people United States Army colonels United States Army personnel of the Iraq War Counterinsurgency theorists Video game designers Purdue University alumni Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives 21st-century American politicians