Johnson Paramilitary (Johnsonverse)

The Johnson Paramilitary (JP) is a private military company. Established in 1982 by an executive order signed by United States President Ronald Reagan, it is the largest private army in the world, and the only PMC with a significant navy and air force.
== History ==
=== Formation ===
The Johnson Paramilitary traces its origins to 1980, when the Soviet Union sold numerous naval vessels to Johnson Industries (this followed a bidding war with PepsiCo). The Johnson Navy was formed to protect Continental Shipping Lines vessels from piracy and enemy submarines.
A 1982 study conducted by the United States Department of Defense concluded that, in the event of a conventional invasion of the Continental United States by an hostile foreign army, domestic military forces could not operate everywhere at once, and civilian militias would be ineffective (bar a few areas with aggressive populations). President Ronald Reagan thereafter signed an executive order forming a paramilitary that could operate independent of the main United States military structure, choosing Johnson Industries to be at the head. This paramilitary organization quickly became known as the Johnson Paramilitary. The term "paramilitary" is a misnomer, as it is more akin to a private military company. The formation of the Johnson Paramilitary effectively turned Johnson Industries into a non-governmental organization (NGO).
=== Stacker Era ===
The formation of the Johnson Paramilitary came in the early days of Phil Stacker's tenure as Johnson CEO. While many areas of the company suffered, the Johnson Paramilitary did not. Stacker took the threat posed by the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact very, very seriously, to the point that he not only gave Nicholas Meyers as much money as he wanted for production of the 1983 television film The Day After, he even initiated a project aimed at cracking the codes on nuclear weapons to deactivate them mid-flight.
Initially, the Johnson Paramilitary was loosely-organized. Infantry were armed with the Colt AR-15, and vehicles were heavily-modified ex-U-Haul trucks. In 1984, the Johnson Paramilitary began receiving retired M48 Patton tanks from the United States Army, as well as British Centurions and Charioteers, Swedish Stridsvagn 74s, West German Leopard 1s, and American M103s. Aircraft came in the form of the American F-104 Starfighter, F-105 Thunderchief, B-47 Stratojet, and B-58 Hustler, British Lightning and Vulcan, among other recently-retired combat aircraft. The Johnson Paramilitary also acquired brand-new tanks and aircraft such as the M1 Abrams and Dassault Mirage 2000.
The initial Johnson Navy consisted of 17 submarines, a frigate, a cruiser, and a destroyer. This number grew rapidly throughout the 1980s and 90s, first with the acquisition of the Forrest Sherman-class destroyers from the United States Navy. This was followed shortly thereafter by several Essex-class aircraft carriers and their air wings (including the Bon Homme Richard, Bennington, and Shangri-La). All Johnson Navy ships carry the prefix JNS (Johnson Naval Ship).
=== 1990s ===
Johnson Paramilitary were first activated during the Los Angeles Riots in 1992, assisting in quelling the unrest. Their next operation was responding to the Tokyo Subway sarin attack in 1995, and the Oklahoma City bombings the same year. In both cases, the JP was engaged in a manhunt for the perpetrators.
The JP nearly saw combat during the Kosovo War, when then-Johnson CEO (now United States president) Sheldon Johnson, Jr. publicly stated he would send units over to Yugoslavia to fight on the Kosovo Liberation Army's behalf. The war ended before anything could come of this.
=== 2000s ===
Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Johnson Paramilitary was put to DEFCON 2 for deployment to the Middle East. Plans declassified in 2019 revealed that the operation, known as Operation: Louise's Vengeance (named for the popular Detective Jenny character), would have involved a large-scale invasion of the entire Middle East to hunt down and kill all terrorists, as well as topple all governments in favor of fair and open elections. This operation came within days of being launched, with Johnson warships coming within mere feet of Iranian warships in the Strait of Hormuz, but a phone call from President George W. Bush led to the operation being called off.
JP forces were stationed in Georgia during the South Ossetian War in 2008, but did not actively participate in fighting.
=== 2010s ===
The Johnson Paramilitary figured heavily into the political turmoil of the late 2010s in the United States during the contested presidency of Donald Trump. Throughout his term, Johnson CEO Tim Johnson repeatedly stated he would use the JP to overthrow the current American government and rebuild it from the ground up himself. Most military analysts agreed that the Johnson Paramilitary could easily defeat the entirety of NATO. The "Second American Revolution" came dangerously close to happening twice: the first on Election Day in 2020, when artillery was stationed near all domestic military bases and a battleship stationed off the coast near the Mar-A-Lago Golf Resort (which Trump owns). The second was after the January 6, 2021 attack on the United States Capitol.
=== 2020s ===
Upon Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Tim Johnson revealed that over 450,000 Johnson Paramilitary troops had been concealed in Ukraine for months, and sallied forth against Russian troops. Those close to Vladimir Putin have stated he was completely blindsided, having come to believe that the Johnson Paramilitary was a hoax and that what few pieces of military equipment Johnson had used to threaten Trump had been "glorified museum pieces"; there are now reports that Putin is looking for an exit strategy before the JP gets a chance to try and push towards Moscow. In one particular engagement, loudspeakers were mounted on jeeps that played the War Machine March from The Thief and the Cobbler as a psychological shock tactic; one Russian soldier who was captured in the ensuing rout admitted that the music made the Johnson army seem like they had just marched straight out of Hell. In another well-publicized engagement, the battleship Missouri encountered the cruiser Moskva, the same ship that had attacked Snake Island and been told by the garrison to "go fuck itself". The crew of the Moskva is believed to have been too scared to open fire, while Missouri fired her 16-inch guns, immediately hitting an ammunition magazine and splitting the ship in half. The last message sent by the Moskva was "Beware of Mighty Mo".
In the hours following the beginning of the war, it was reported that Johnson submarines were relentlessly hunting Russian ballistic missile submarines as a precaution in case the war spilled over and became World War III. Other submarines were ordered to engage in unrestricted submarine warfare against any civilian ships belonging to Russia or any CSTO country. In the first six hours of this campaign, it was reported that roughly 65 Russian merchant vessels had been torpedoed and sunk, with Russian destroyers and frigates either being unable to find them or being attacked themselves, cementing the reputation of Johnson submarine captains as incredibly aggressive.
== Equipment ==
The bulk of the Johnson Paramilitary's equipment is surplus military equipment that has been heavily-modernized.
=== Land ===
Land-based equipment includes small arms, tanks, infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), towed artillery, self-propelled artillery, and various support vehicles.
=== Small arms ===
Name 	Manufacturer 	Country of origin 	First acquired	Type
AR-15 	Colt 	United States 	1982 	Semi-automatic rifle
M14 	Springfield Armory
Winchester
Harrington & Richardson
Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge, Inc.	United States 	1982 	Automatic rifle
M16 	Colt's Manufacturing Company
Daewoo Precision Industries
FN Herstal
Bushmaster
H&R Firearms
General Motors Hydramatic Division
Elisco
U.S. Ordnance	United States 	1995 	Automatic rifle
M4 	Colt's Manufacturing Company, US
Colt Canada in Ontario, Canada
Norinco, China
Lewis Machine and Tool Company in Milan, Illinois, US
Bushmaster Firearms International, US
U.S. Ordnance, US
Remington Arms Company, US
Daniel Defense in Black Creek, Georgia, US
Forjas Taurus São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil
FN Herstal, Belgium
SME Ordnance, Malaysia
Sarsilmaz, Turkey
United Defense Manufacturing Corporation, Philippines
Delta CAA Arms, Georgia	United States 	1998 	Carbine
M27 	Heckler & Koch 	Germany, United States 	2008 	Infantry Automatic Rifle
SCAR 	FN Herstal/FN America 	Belgium 	2004 	Variable
Mk14 	Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division 	United States 	2002 	Battle rifle
Designated marksman rifle
HK416 	Heckler & Koch 	Germany 	2004 	Variable
M9 	Beretta 	Italy, United States 	1985 	Semi-automatic pistol
M1911 	Colt 	United States 	1982 	Semi-automatic pistol
P38 	Walther 	Nazi Germany 	1982 	Semi-automatic pistol
P38 "Megatron Special"	Johnson Defense 	United States 	1988 	Semi-automatic pistol w/ scope, silencer, and stock attachments
Glock 18 	Glock Ges.m.b.H. 	Austria 	1982 	Machine pistol
M40 	Remington 	United States 	1982 	Sniper rifle
Mk13 	Accuracy International/Remington Arms 	United States 	2001 	Sniper rifle
MSR 	Remington 	United States 	2013 	Bolt-action sniper rifle
M82 	Barrett 	United States 	1989 	Anti-material precision rifle
Model 870 	Remington 	United States 	1982 	Shotgun
M500 	Mossberg 	United States 	1987 	Shotgun
M26-MASS 	C-More Competition 	United States 	2016 	Underbarrel shotgun
M4 	Benelli 	Italy 	1999 	Semi-automatic combat shotgun
MP5 	Heckler & Koch 	West Germany 	1982 	Submachine gun
MP7 	Heckler & Koch 	Germany 	2002 	Submachine gun
M2 Browning 	Fabrique Nationale
General Dynamics
Ohio Ordnance Works Inc.
U.S. Ordnance	United States 	1982 	Heavy machine gun
M249 	FN Herstal 	Belgium, United States 	1984 	Light machine gun
M240 	FN America
U.S. Ordnance
Barrett Firearms Manufacturing
Colt Canada	Belgium, United States 	1982 	General-purpose machine gun
M79 	Springfield Armory
Action Manufacturing Company
Kanarr Corporation
Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge	United States 	1982 	Grenade launcher
MGL 	Milkor 	South Africa and United States	1983 	Revolver grenade launcher
Mk47 Striker 	General Dynamics - Armament and Technical Products	United States 	2005 	Automatic grenade launcher
K6 	Soltam Systems 	Israel 	1991 	Mortar launcher
M224 	??? 	United States 	1982 	Mortar launcher
Carl Gustaf 8.4cm 	Saab Bofors Dynamics (formerly Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori)
Howa (license)	Sweden 	1984 	Recoiless rifle
M72 LAW 	NAMMO Defense Systems 	United States 	1982 	Anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcher
Mk 153 SMAW 	Nammo Talley 	United States 	1984 	Multi-role (anti-fortification, anti-armor) rocket launcher
BGM-71 TOW 	Raytheon 	United States 	1982 	Anti-tank missile
FGM-148 Javelin 	Raytheon
Lockheed Martin 	United States 	1996 	Anti-tank missile
FIM-92 Stinger 	Raytheon 	United States 	1982 	Man-portable surface-to-air missile
M134 	General Electric
Dillon Aero
Garwood Industries
Profense	United States 	1982 	Rotary medium machine gun
==== Tanks ====
Name 	Manufacturer 	Country of origin	Built 	First acquired	Type
M48 Patton 	Chrysler
Fisher Body
Ford Motor Company
American Locomotive Company (ALCO)	United States 	1952-61 	1982 	Main battle tank
Leopard 1 	Porsche 	West Germany 	1965–84 	1982 	Main battle tank
Leopard 2 	Krauss-Maffei 	West Germany 	1979-present	1988 	Main battle tank
Centurion 	??? 	United Kingdom 	1945-60s 	1982 	Main battle tank
Challenger 1 	Royal Ordnance Factory 	United Kingdom 	1983-8? 	2001 	Main battle tank
Chieftan 	Leyland Motors 	United Kingdom 	1960s 	1993 	Main battle tank
OF-40 	OTO Melara 	Italy 	1980-85 	1983 	Main battle tank
Panzer 68 	Eidgenoessische Konstruktionswerkstaette 	Switzerland 	1971-83 	2003 	Main battle tank
Stridsvagn 103 	Bofors AB 	Sweden 	1967-71 	1996 	Main battle tank
M41 Walker Bulldog	Cadillac 	United States 	1951-54 	1982 	Light tank
M551 Sheridan 	Cadillac 	United States 	1966-70 	1997 	Light tank
SK-105 Kürassier 	Saurer-Werk 	Austria 	??? 	1982 	Light tank
Charioteer 	Robinson and Kershaw Ltd 	United Kingdom 	1950s 	1982 	Medium tank
Panzer 61 	Eidgenössische Konstruktionswerkstätte Thun	Switzerland 	1965-67 	1994 	Main battle tank
Overlord 	Johnson Defense 	United States 	2003-present	2003 	Super-heavy tank
Dragon 	Johnson Defense 	United States 	2020-present	2020 	Flamethrower tank
Paladin 	Johnson Defense 	United States 	2015-present	2015 	Main battle tank w/ anti-missile laser
==== Infantry vehicles ====
Name 	Manufacturer 	Country of origin	Produced 	First acquired	Type
Humvee 	AM General 	United States 	1984-present	1982 	Light armored car
M2 Bradley	BAE Systems Land & Armaments	United States 	1981-present	1993 	Infantry fighting vehicle
==== Utility vehicles ====
The Johnson Paramilitary has too many utility vehicles to list. These vehicles take the form of everything from tractor-trailers to sedans and pickup trucks donated by Johnson employees. This category also includes locomotives owned by Continental Rail or one of its subsidiaries both domestic and international (all Continental Rail equipment can be used by the Johnson Paramilitary in the event of war).
=== Sea ===
The Johnson Navy is the largest private military navy in the world. The following list is only an overview; specifics will be on a future page.
==== Corvettes ====
Class 	Country of origin	Built 	Acquired 	Role 	Ships in class
ARA Murature (P-20) 	Argentina 	1944 	2014 	Minelayer 	1
Point-class 	United States 	1960-70 	2003 	Coastal patrol 	79
Attack-class 	Australia 	1967-68 	1983-94 	Coastal defense 	20 (9 in JN service, 1 destroyed at Darwin by Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Day 1974, 2 preserved in Australia, remainder transferred to Indonesia or Papua New Guinea)
Fremantle-class patrol boat	Australia 	1977-84 	2005-07 	Coastal patrol 	15 (13 in JN service, 2 preserved in Australia)
BNS Nirbhoy 	North China
Bangladesh (exported)	1985 	2022 	Subchaser 	1
Hvidbjørnen-class 	Denmark 	1961-63 	1991-92 	Ocean patrol frigate 	4
Kiisla-class 	Finland 	1984-88 	2012 	Subchaser 	2
P400-class 	France 	1986 	2009-2020 	Coastal patrol 	10 (7 in JN service, 3 exported to Gabon, Kenya, and Brazil)
D'Estienne d'Orves-class 	France 	1972-81 	2000-present	Dispatch boat (adviso)	17 (5 in JN service, remainder still in active French service, to be transferred in coming years)
Trinkat-class 	India 	2000-01 	2005-14 	Coastal defense 	4 (3 in JN service, 1 still in active Indian service)
Albatros-class 	Germany 	1976-77 	2004-05 	Fast attack craft 	10
Tjeld-class 	Norway 	1959–1966	1995 	Fast patrol boat 	20
Descubierta-class 	Spain 	1975-84 	2009-present	Anti-air 	9 (4 in JN service, 2 still in Spanish service, 2 sold to Egypt, 1 sold to
==== Frigates ====
Class 	Country of origin	Built 	Acquired	Role 	Number in class
Suffren-class 	France 	1962-66	2001-07 	Escort 	2
Tourville-class	France 	1972-77	2014 	Escort 	3
Brooke-class 	United States 	1962-68	1988-89 	Anti-submarine	6
==== Destroyers ====
Class 	Country of origin	Built 	Acquired 	Role 	Number in class
Forrest Sherman-class 	United States 	1953-59	1982 	Escort	18
Farragut-class 	United States 	1957-61	1990-93 	Anti-ship
Anti-air
Inland bombardment	10
Charles F. Adams-class	United States 	1958-67	1989-93 	Anti-ship
Anti-air
Inland bombardment	23
Spruance-class 	United States 	1972-83	1998-2005	Anti-ship
Anti-air
Inland bombardment	31 (30 in JN service, 1 in US Navy service as Self-Defense Test Ship)
County-class 	United Kingdom 	1959-67	1982-98 	Escort	8 (7 in JN service, 1 scrapped by Royal Navy)
Type 42 	United Kingdom 	1970-85	1999-2015	Anti-ship
Anti-air
Inland bombardment	16 (13 in JN service, 2 sunk during Falklands War, 1 in service with Argentina as a transport)
==== Cruisers ====
Class 	Country of origin	Built 	Acquired 	Role	Number in class
USS Albany 	United States 	1945 (rebuilt to guided missile cruiser 1962)	1985 	Anti-ship
Anti-air
Anti-submarine	1
USS Des Moines 	United States 	1945 	1991 	Anti-ship
Anti-air
Anti-submarine	1
USS Long Beach 	United States 	1959 	1995 	Anti-ship
Anti-air
Anti-submarine	1
Leahy-class 	United States 	1959-64 	1993-96 	Anti-ship
Anti-air
Anti-submarine	9 (plus one nuclear-powered variant)
Belknap-class 	United States 	1962-67 	1993-95 	Anti-ship
Anti-air
Anti-submarine	9 (plus one nuclear-powered variant)
California-class 	United States 	1970-74 	1999 	Anti-ship
Anti-air
Anti-submarine	2
Virginia-class 	United States 	1972-80 	1993-98 	Anti-ship
Anti-air
Anti-submarine	4
Ticonderoga-class	United States 	1980-94 	2004-present	Anti-ship
Anti-air
Anti-submarine	27 (four in JN service, five in USN Reserve Fleet, remainder still in USN service)
==== Aircraft carriers ====
Class 	Country of origin	Built 	Acquired 	Number in class
Midway-class 	United States 	1943-46	1990-92 	3 (one in JN service, one scrapped by USN before the JN was formed, one preserved as a museum)
Forrestal-class 	United States 	1952-58	1993-98 	4
Kitty Hawk-class	United States 	1955-68	1996-2009	3 (plus one variant)
USS Enterprise 	United States 	1959 	2012 	1
Invincible-class	United Kingdom 	1973-81	2005-14 	3
Clemenceau-class	France 	1955-60	1997-2000	2
==== Submarines ====
Class 	Country of origin	Built 	Acquired 	Role 	Number in class
Tang-class 	United States 	1949-52 	1984-88 	Anti-shipping	6 (four in JN service, two preserved as museums)
Barbel-class 	United States 	1956-59 	1988 	Anti-shipping
Anti-submarine	3 (one in JN service, one destroyed in a fire, one preserved as a museum)
USS Seawolf 	United States 	1953 	1987 	Anti-shipping	1
Skate-class 	United States 	1955-59 	1995 	Anti-shipping
Anti-submarine	4
Skipjack-class 	United States 	1956-61 	1986-90 	Anti-shipping
Anti-submarine	6 (5 in JN service, one lost at sea in 1968)
Thresher-class 	United States 	1958-67 	1988-96 	Anti-shipping
Anti-submarine
Inland bombardment	14 (13 in JN service, one lost at sea in 1963)
Sturgeon-class 	United States 	1963-75 	1991-2005 	Anti-shipping
Anti-submarine
Inland bombardment	37
Los Angeles-class	United States 	1972-96 	1996-present	Anti-shipping
Anti-submarine
Inland bombardment	62 (34 in JN service, 26 still in USN service, 2 moored as training ships)
Oberon-class 	United Kingdom 	1957-66 	1986-2000 	Anti-shipping
Anti-submarine	27 (15 in JN service, 12 preserved)
Valiant-class 	United Kingdom 	1960-63 	1991-94 	Anti-shipping
Anti-submarine	2
Churchill-class 	United Kingdom 	1967-70 	1990-92 	Anti-shipping
Anti-submarine	3
Swiftsure-class 	United Kingdom 	1969-79 	1992-2008 	Anti-shipping
Anti-submarine	6
Trafalgar-class 	United States 	1977-86 	2009-present	Anti-shipping
Anti-submarine
Inland bombardment	7 (6 in JN service, one still in RN service)
Narval-class 	France 	1957-60 	1986-92 	Anti-shipping
Anti-submarine	6 (5 in JN service, one preserved in France)
Aréthuse-class 	France 	1957-60 	1979-81 	Anti-shipping
Anti-submarine	4 (3 in JN service, one preserved in France)
Daphné-class 	France
Pakistan
Portugal
South Africa
Spain	1964-75 	1994-2010 	Anti-shipping
Anti-submarine	25 (19 in JN service, 2 lost at sea, 2 preserved)
Agosta-class 	France
Spain 	1977-2006	1997-present	Anti-shipping
Anti-submarine	13 (6 in JN service, seven still in service with Spain and Pakistan)
Rubis-class 	France 	1976-90 	2019-present	Anti-shipping
Anti-submarine
Minelayer	6 (1 in JN service, 5 still in Marine Nationale service)
==== Battleships ====
Class 	Country of origin	Built 	Acquired	Role	Number in class
Iowa-class	United States 	1940-44	1992 	Flagship
Anti-ship
Anti-shipping
Inland bombardment	4
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