First off I want to thank you for your service. I have been in the Air Force for almost ten years now and it was the best desicion I could have made as a teenager. Last summer I crossed over to the officer side for pilot training so I had to pack up all my planes for storage and for the move. I can't off much more good advice as for storing the motors. I just removed all mine from the airplanes and flushed them out. Then I oiled them up and stored them in plastic bags and bubble wrap. As for the planes I bought some cheap bed shets at Wal-Mart and tore them up to cover the fuselages of all my models. Then I bough TONS of bubble wrap and packing tape. Not a single one of my planes had as much as a scratch on them. You can see how I packed them all up in the picture. It takes some time to do but they will survive long term storage unscathed. Good luck with your new adventure!!