Pat Proctor

Pat Proctor
Colonel Pat Proctor at COB Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq in 2010
Member of the Kansas House of Representatives
from the 41st district
Assumed office
January 11, 2021
Preceded byJeff Pittman
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
SpouseAree
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Rank Colonel
Battles/warsIraq War, Afghan War

Pat Proctor is a Kansas State Representative, representing the 41st House District (Fort Leavenworth and Leavenworth, Kansas). He was first elected in November 2020.[1]

Pat Proctor is also a retired United States Army colonel. Upon retirement from the Army he settled in Leavenworth, Kansas.[2] Proctor is a graduate of the School of Advanced Military Studies.[3] 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,[4] 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.[5]

Proctor is an assistant professor of homeland security at Wichita State University.[6]

  1. ^ "Pat Proctor".
  2. ^ http://fbmonitor.com/2013/03/06/gunners-change-command/
  3. ^ "Pat Proctor, Author".
  4. ^ http://www.prosimco.com/writing/images/Media%20War%20Proposal.pdf [permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Bob Woodward, The War Within: A Secret White House History, 2006-2008, 335-337
  6. ^ "People".