in late 1950, the 7th army had been reformed in stuttgart and united states army began to be stationed at cooke barracks. the barracks were made bigger for the 28th infantry division headquarters. the 28th infantry was renamed as the 9th infantry division (united states) in 1954 and was replaced by the 8th infantry division in 1956. they were then replaced by the 4th armored division in 1957, which was renamed as the 1st armored division in 1971 and moved to hindenburg kaserne in ansbach in 1972. the 1st infantry division moved from augsburg in 1972 until 1991. there was also two family housing-blocks in donzdorf at the göppingen (district). in july 2017, they was hold the remembering cooke barracks festival, because the inhabitants in göppingen district loved and liked the us army who was once stationed in goppingen.