Pat Proctor
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Pat Proctor is currently an active duty US Army lieutenant colonel serving at Fort Riley, KS. Lt.Col. Proctor is a graduate of the highly selective School of Advanced Military Studies. In 2007, Lt.Col. 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
.
developer and founder of 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
, 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.
, and online at StrategyPage.com and Armchair General. He is currently looking for a publisher for his second book, Ideas to Die For: Lessons from the American Revolution for the War on Terrorism.
Lieutenant Colonel Proctor is also the author of the upcoming book, Task Force Patriot and the End of Combat Operations in Iraq, which will be released by Government Institutes Press, an imprint of Scarecrow Press, in mid-December 2011.
Lieutenant Colonel Proctor also maintains a blog, Media Warfare, which covers various topics and includes discussion of wargames, book reviews, and commentary on current events.
David Petraeus
David Howell Petraeus is the current Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, sworn in on September 6, 2011. Prior to his assuming the directorship of the CIA, Petraeus was a four-star general serving over 37 years in the United States Army. His last assignments in the Army were as commander...
and Ambassador Ryan Crocker
Ryan Crocker
Ryan Clark Crocker is a Career Ambassador within the United States Foreign Service and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He currently is the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan. He was the United States Ambassador to Iraq until 2009; he previously served as the U.S...
to develop the strategy for post-surge Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
.
Wargame Developer
Pat Proctor is also a wargameWargame (video games)
Wargames are a subgenre of strategy video games that emphasize strategic or tactical warfare on a map, as well as historical accuracy.-History:The genre of wargame video games is derived from earlier forms of wargames...
developer and founder of ProSIM Company. This company develops computer wargames that are published by Shrapnel Games
Shrapnel Games
Shrapnel Games is an independent American video game publisher that specializes in the strategy and role playing genres, particularly turn-based strategy games. It was founded in 1999 by Tim Brooks in Cary, North Carolina...
(an internet wargame distributor). ProSIM is known for its simulations of modern warfare, including such titles as BCT Commander
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 to near-future scenarios in Cuba.This game began...
, Armored Task Force
Armored Task Force
Armored Task Force is a hyper-realistic computer wargame developed by ProSIM Company and published by Shrapnel Games. The lead developer was ProSIM Company founder, Pat Proctor...
, and Air Assault Task Force
Air Assault Task Force
Air Assault Task Force is a hyper-realistic computer wargame developed by ProSIM Company and published by Shrapnel Games. The lead developer was ProSIM Company founder, Pat Proctor...
. ProSIM has also worked with military contractors such as Boeing
Boeing
The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
and Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin is an American global aerospace, defense, security, and advanced technology company with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington Metropolitan Area....
to produce ground combat simulations.
Writings
In recent years, Pat Proctor has stepped back from a daily role at ProSIM Company and begun a career in writing. He has been published in the US Army War College journal, ParametersParameters (journal)
Parameters is a quarterly academic journal published by the United States Army War College....
, and online at StrategyPage.com and Armchair General. He is currently looking for a publisher for his second book, Ideas to Die For: Lessons from the American Revolution for the War on Terrorism.
- Proctor, Pat (with Carolyn Wheater and Jane R. Burstein), ASVAB AFQT Cram Plan, (New York: Cliffs Notes, 2010), ISBN: 978-0470598894.
- Proctor, Pat, Media War: The Media-Enabled Insurgency in Iraq, (Manhattan, KS: ProSIM, 2010), ISBN: 978-0-615-43267-0.
Lieutenant Colonel Proctor is also the author of the upcoming book, Task Force Patriot and the End of Combat Operations in Iraq, which will be released by Government Institutes Press, an imprint of Scarecrow Press, in mid-December 2011.
Lieutenant Colonel Proctor also maintains a blog, Media Warfare, which covers various topics and includes discussion of wargames, book reviews, and commentary on current events.