Pat Proctor

Patrick E. Proctor, (born June 14, 1971) is a Kansas State Representative, representing the 41st House District (Fort Leavenworth and Leavenworth, Kansas). He was first elected in November 2020. In April 2025, he announced his candidacy to serve as Kansas Secretary of State.

Pat Proctor is also a retired United States Army colonel. Upon retirement from the Army he settled in Leavenworth, Kansas. Proctor is a graduate of the School of Advanced Military Studies. 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. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker and led by Col. H.R. McMaster to develop the strategy for post-surge Iraq.

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 US Army War College journal, Parameters, and online at StrategyPage.com and 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 University of Missouri Press in February 2020.

Proctor, Pat (with Carolyn Wheater and Jane R. Burstein), ASVAB AFQT Cram Plan, (New York: Cliffs Notes, 2010). Proctor, Pat, Media War: The Media-Enabled Insurgency in Iraq, (Manhattan, KS: ProSIM, 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 wargame developer and founder of ProSIM Company. ProSIM has also worked with military contractors such as Boeing and Lockheed Martin to produce ground combat simulations.