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Glad you made it home. Now you have time to download the Technical Manuals and Lubrication Order so you can repair it and keep it running for many more years. I'm sure it will be interesting to see what failed first in the front axle, but my guess is that it will be easier and cheaper to just...

Not really any point, no. If it's not spinning it doesn't matter. Worth checking the others to make sure they are good though.

The axles and transfer case all use 80W90 gear oil. There is debate about the transmission but the military used 80W90 in it too.

One more thought - you could pull the axle shafts and be able to leave the drive flanges on to protect the wheel bearings. But to do that you would also need to remove the wheel (1 1/2 socket), wheel bearing nuts (I forget the size), pull the hub and brake drum, and then remove the spindle to...

If you haven't pulled the drive flanges on the hubs, it will continue to spin the pinion. Pull those off (8 bolts each, 3/4 socket) and it will let the pinion gear stop moving, the same as if you had lock out hubs set on free. It will let dirt into the wheel bearings, but they are greased not...