{"id":37564,"date":"2025-07-04T08:14:22","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T08:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/37564\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T08:14:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T08:14:22","slug":"bexar-county-commissioner-returns-home-from-service-with-marines-in-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/37564\/","title":{"rendered":"Bexar County commissioner returns home from service with Marines in Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Precinct 3 Commissioner Grant Moody will return to Bexar County in time to spend the Fourth of July holiday with family<\/p>\n<p>File image of Precinct 3 Commissioner Grant Moody (Bexar County)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>BEXAR COUNTY, Texas<\/strong> \u2013 Lt. Col. Grant Moody, the Bexar County commissioner for Precinct 3, will return home from the Middle East on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Moody was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/18\/commissioner-grant-moody-called-to-active-duty-amid-escalating-tensions-in-middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/18\/commissioner-grant-moody-called-to-active-duty-amid-escalating-tensions-in-middle-east\/\">called to active duty last month<\/a> to support U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command amid \u201cescalating tensions\u201d in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">He was originally slated to serve 45 days, but he had his orders modified after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/politics\/2025\/06\/24\/trump-expresses-frustration-with-israel-and-iran-as-ceasefire-deal-teeters-and-strikes-continue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/politics\/2025\/06\/24\/trump-expresses-frustration-with-israel-and-iran-as-ceasefire-deal-teeters-and-strikes-continue\/\">a ceasefire was reached between Israel and Iran last week<\/a>, according to a county news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cIt\u2019s been an honor to step up and serve alongside other reservists and our outstanding active-duty Marines,\u201d Moody said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Moody is scheduled to arrive in San Antonio Wednesday afternoon, one day before the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI look forward to getting home to my wife and kids and celebrating the Fourth of July with them,\u201d Moody said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>More coverage on KSAT:<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the Authors<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 jbJvfh cLUOeE author-container\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 grUvMp iQviKm author\"><img alt=\"Christian Riley headshot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1751616862_339_79cbc6d5-ea2c-4f1c-99a8-ad4ac42db9a3.png\" width=\"86\" height=\"86\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"\/><a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/CRH294591CBPTN3KLABQTS231T\/\" title=\"View Christian Riley&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian Riley<\/a>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Christian Riley joined KSAT 12 in June 2025. Riley returned to the Lone Star State after serving as the senior digital producer at the NBC affiliate in mid-Missouri and earning two Missouri Broadcasters Association awards.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 grUvMp iQviKm author\">Zaria Oates headshot<a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/team\/ZO9521NBTKZO67198ZO9184KSA\/\" title=\"View Zaria Oates&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zaria Oates<\/a>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Zaria Oates is a news reporter for KSAT 12. She joined in June 2024 from Memphis, where she worked at ABC24. <\/p>\n<p>Oates graduated from Clemens High School in Schertz and earned a journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma. <\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s passionate about learning, traveling and storytelling.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Precinct 3 Commissioner Grant Moody will return to Bexar County in time to spend the Fourth of July&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":37565,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,7288,83,99,8762,3097,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-37564","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-bexar-county","10":"tag-iran","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-marines","13":"tag-middle-east","14":"tag-san-antonio","15":"tag-sanantonio","16":"tag-texas","17":"tag-tx","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114793969477151800","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}