1944
Dr. Raines is born in Murphysboro, Illinois, to Edgar Frank and Mary Bernice Raines neé Mohlenbrock.
1966
Dr. Raines receives a Bachelor of Arts in history from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.
1968
Dr. Raines receives a Master of Arts in history from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.
1975
Dr. Raines marries Gretchen Rose Beuscher of Madison, Wisconsin.
1976
Dr. Raines becomes assistant academic dean at Silver Lake College in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
1976
Dr. and Mrs. Raines have a son born, Edgar Jacob Raines.
1976
Dr. Raines receives a Doctor of Philosophy in history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1979
Dr. Raines becomes a historian for the Office of Air Force History in Washington, D.C.
1980
Dr. Raines becomes a historian for the U.S. Army Center of Military History in Washington, D.C.
1982
Dr. and Mrs. Raines are divorced.
1983
Dr. Raines is assigned to the U.S. Army Operations Center in the Pentagon to collect documents during Operation Urgent Fury, the invasion of Grenada.
1985
Dr. Raines receives the Harry E. Pratt Award for his article “The Ku Klux Klan in Illinois, 1867-1875.”
1985
Dr. Raines is assigned to the Army’s Special Review Committee on Department of Defense Reform (Goldwater-Nichols legislation) in the Pentagon.
1986
Dr. Raines co-authors “The Army and the Joint Chiefs of Staff.”
1987
Dr. Raines marries Rebecca Celia Robbins, a fellow historian, from Searsport, Maine.
2000
Dr. Raines authors “Eyes of Artillery: The Origins of Modern U.S. Army Aviation in World War II.”
2001
Dr. Raines is assigned to the Secretary of the Army’s Realignment Task Force charged with examining the organizational implications of digitization for the Department of the Army.
2002
Dr. Raines receives the Army Historical Foundation Award for his article “Disaster Off Casablanca: Air Operation Posts in Operation TORCH and the Role of Failure in Institutional Innovation.”
2010
Dr. Raines authors “The Rucksack War: U.S. Army Operational Logistics in Grenada, 1983.”
2011
Dr. Raines retires and receives the Meritorious Civilian Service Award from the U.S. Army.