Vanguard (disambiguation)

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The vanguard is the leading part of an advancing military formation.

Vanguard may also refer to:

Military

• HM-14 "Vanguard", a U.S. Navy helicopter squadron
• QW-1 Vanguard, an advanced Chinese surface-to-air missile
• University of the Philippines ROTC Unit, called the U.P. Vanguards

Vehicles

Ships and boats

• HMS Vanguard, any of several British Royal Navy ships
• USNS Mission San Fernando (T-AO-122), renamed USNS Vanguard in 1965 for role as tracking vessel
• ST Vanguard, a 250 GRT tugboat formerly the Empire ship named Empire Pine
• Ocean Vanguard, a British freighter sunk in 1942 by the German submarine German submarine U-515
• Vanguard-class submarine, the British Royal Navy's current nuclear ballistic missile submarines
• Vanguard-class ship of the line, a class of warship deployed during the 19th century by the British Royal Navy
• Vanguard 15, one-design racing dinghy made by Vanguard Sailboats
• Dockwise Vanguard, the largest heavy lift ship ever built

Aircraft

• Chengdu J-10 "Vanguard", a 4.5-generation Chinese fighter plane
• Vultee P-66 Vanguard, U.S. fighter plane built from 1939 to 1943
• Vickers Vanguard, a British short/medium-range turboprop airliner (first flown 1959)

Automobiles

• Standard Vanguard, a car produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1947 to 1963
• Toyota Vanguard, a Japanese compact crossover sport utility vehicle

Space

• Project Vanguard, a U.S. satellite launch project begun in 1957
  • Vanguard (rocket), launch vehicle used in Project Vanguard
  • Vanguard TV3, first satellite launch attempt in 1957
  • Vanguard 1, artificial satellite launched in 1958
  • Vanguard 2, artificial satellite launched in 1959
  • Vanguard 3, artificial satellite launched in 1959

Politics

• Vanguard party, a political party at the forefront of a mass action, movement, or revolution, usually Leninist
• Vanguardism, a strategy whereby an organization attempts to place itself at the center of a revolutionary movement
• Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party, a unionist political party in Northern Ireland during the 1970s
• National Vanguard, one of several white nationalist or neo-fascist organizations and publications
• Vanguard Group (anarchist), an American anarchist group in the 1930s
• Vanguard, a former name of the Russian Unity party of Ukraine

Non-profit

• Vanguard Public Foundation, an American social justice foundation

Business

• Vanguard Airlines, an airline based in Kansas City from 1994 to 2002
• Vanguard Health Systems, a U.S. operator of hospitals and other medical facilities
• Vanguard Records, a U.S. record label founded in 1950
• Vanguard Sailboats, a Wisconsin builder of racing and recreational sailboats
• The Vanguard Group, a U.S. investment management company founded in 1975
• China Resources Vanguard Shop, one of the largest supermarket chain companies in Hong Kong

Information and communications technology

• Vanguard Animation, a computer animation movie studio
• Vanguard Cellular, a U.S. cellular phone company founded in 1984
• Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation, an IC foundry in Taiwan founded in 1994
• Vanguard Managed Solutions, U.S. company (2001–2007) of which part is now Vanguard Networks

Education

• Vanguard School (disambiguation), various
• Vanguard High School, a public school in Ocala, Florida, U.S.
• Vanguard College, a Christian college in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Vanguard University of Southern California, a Christian liberal arts university in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.
• Vanguard College Preparatory School, a private high school in Waco, Texas, U.S.

Media and entertainment

Film and television

• Vanguard (TV series), a journalistic reporting series on Current TV
• GLAAD Vanguard Award, presented annually at the GLAAD Media Awards

Music

• Vanguard (synthesizer), a software synthesizer developed by reFX
• Vanguard Records, an independent record label founded in 1950
• The Vanguards, a 1960s Norwegian rock band
• Village Vanguard, a jazz club in New York City, founded in 1935
• MTV Video Music Award – Video Vanguard, an award started in 1984 and given intermittently to musicians, music video directors and filmmakers
• Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps, A World Class corps and six time DCI world champion based in Santa Clara, California
• Vanguard -of the muses-, an album by Japanese band Exist Trace

Publishing

• Vanguard (journal), published by the anarchist Vanguard Group
• Vanguard (Nigeria), a daily newspaper based in Lagos, Nigeria
• Vanguard Press, a publishing label now owned by Random House
• Daily Vanguard, the student newspaper at Portland State University
• Star Trek: Vanguard, a series of novels about a space station called Vanguard
• Vanguard, student newspaper of the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama
• Vanguard, official press organ of Hardline (subculture), a radical deep ecology movement
• The Vanguard (1922–28), a publication of the émigré Communist Party of India, founded and edited by Manabendra Nath Roy
• The Vanguard (January–March 1853), a short-lived socialist paper published by George Julian Harney
• The Vanguard, student weekly of Bentley University, Waltham, Massachusetts
• Workers Vanguard, a newspaper published by the U.S. wing of International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist)

Comics and anime

• The Vanguard (comic), a boys' story paper published in the 1920s by D. C. Thomson & Co.
• Vanguard (Image Comics), an alien superhero in Megaton and Savage Dragon
• Vanguard (DC Comics), an alien superteam which appeared in New Titans Annual v2 #1
• Vanguard (Marvel Comics), a name shared by a mutant Russian character as well as a fictional team of characters
• Vanguard, a high-tech humanoid robot in the anime Vandread
• Cardfight!! Vanguard an anime series, based on the trading card game

Games and toys

• Vanguard (video game), a 1981 shooter game with 1984 sequel, Vanguard II
• Vanguard Bandits, a 2000 Japanese tactical role-playing game for PlayStation
• Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, a 2007 MMORPG created by Sigil Games Online and Sony Online Entertainment
• Medal of Honor: Vanguard, a first person shooter game created by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 2 and Wii
• Cardfight!! Vanguard a trading card game
• Vanguard, an organization in the computer game, The Longest Journey
• Vanguard, the droid partner of the Transformers toy, Sideswipe
• Vanguard, a variant of the collectible card game, Magic: The Gathering
• Vanguard, the main battle tank used by the New Conglomerate in PlanetSide and PlanetSide 2
• Vanguard, a character class in the video game, Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3
• Vanguard, a UN-funded military organisation in the City of Heroes universe
• Vanguard, a group of characters in the video game, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
• Vanguard, a demon (opponent) in the game, Demon's Souls
• Vanguard, a character class in the video game, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
• Crystal Defenders: Vanguard Storm, a game that uses elements from Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
• Vanguard Princess, a fighting game for Windows
• Vanguard Entertainment, a video game developer from The Netherlands
• Vanguard is the highest rank in Spiral Knights

Sports

• Vanguard (horse), 1843 Grand National winner
• Avangard Omsk, a Russian ice hockey team
• Vanguard Bears, Glasgow Rangers supporters group

Places

• Vanguard, California, a community in the San Joaquin Valley, USA
• Vanguard, Saskatchewan, Canada

Information Technology

• Vanguard (microkernel), developed at Apple Computer

See also

• Avant-garde
• Daniel Vangarde, French songwriter and producer
• The Vanguard (disambiguation)

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