Pat Proctor


Pat Proctor is a retired United States Army colonel from Leavenworth, Kansas. Col. Proctor is a graduate of the highly selective School of Advanced Military Studies. Col. Proctor most recently deployed to Jordan as a battalion commander. In 2009, he deployed as the operations officer for Task Force Patriot 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. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker to develop the strategy for post-surge Iraq.

Writings

Since 2008, Col. Proctor has been an active freelance writer. He has been published in the US Army War College journal, Parameters, and online at and . 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 University of Missouri Press in February 2020.
Colonel Proctor also maintains a blog, , which covers various topics and includes discussion of wargames, book reviews, and commentary on current events.

Wargame developer

Proctor is also a wargame developer and founder of . This company develops computer wargames that are published by Shrapnel Games. ProSIM is known for its simulations of modern warfare, including such titles as BCT Commander, Armored Task Force, and Air Assault Task Force. ProSIM has also worked with military contractors such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin to produce ground combat simulations.