Scout

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A scout is a soldier performing reconnaissance and other support duties.

Scout may also refer to:

Aircraft

• Scout (aircraft), pre-1920s (British) terminology for a single-seat fighter
• Scout plane, post-1920s/modern usage for reconnaissance or surveillance aircraft.
• Aeryon Scout, a micro UAV
• AD Scout British naval aircraft
• Aeronca K Scout
• American Champion Scout
• IAI Scout, an unmanned air vehicle used by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1982 Lebanon War.
• Tennessee Propellers Scout, an American powered parachute design
• Westland Scout British helicopter

Automotive and rail

• International Harvester Scout
• Scout (train)

Professions

• A domestic assistant at Oxford University: see bedder
• Reconnaissance
• Scout (sport), a professional sports talent-scout
• Scout.com, a sports-publishing company

Land military

• Scout rifle
• Steyr Scout, rifle

Space applications

• Scout (rocket family)
• Mars Scout Program

Ships

• HMS Scout, the name of various British Royal Navy ships
• USS Scout, the name of various United States Navy ships

Youth movement

• Scouting, Scouting Movement or Scout Movement.
• An organisation in the Scouting Movement. There are thousands of national Scouting organizations or federations, mostly grouped into seven international Scouting associations, along with some non-aligned organizations and Groups.
  More information on these organizations and groups can be found in:
  • List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members
  • List of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts members
  • International Union of Guides and Scouts of Europe#Member organizations
  • Order of World Scouts#List of members
  • World Federation of Independent Scouts#List of members
  • World Organization of Independent Scouts#Members
  • Confederation of European Scouts#Member organizations
  • List of non-aligned Scouting organizations
• The Scouting Movement in a country, see: Category:Scouting and Guiding by country
• Scout (Scouting), an age group or section for youth in the rage 11 to 18 year in the Scouting Movement
  • That age group or section in an organisation, see: Age groups in Scouting and Guiding
• Scouting (magazine)

Military units

• Scout Sniper
• Cavalry Scout
• Grey's Scouts
• Lovat Scouts
• Philippine Scouts
• Selous Scouts
• South Pacific Scouts
• Traditional Apache scout
• United States Army Indian Scouts

Other

• Scout (comics)
• Scout (operating system)
• Scout Taylor-Compton
• The Scout (film), a 1994 film
• Scout (film), an upcoming film
• "Scout", the nickname of Jean Louise Finch, the main character in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird
• Scout, a subsidiary of Ribble Motor Services. In later years (mid 1970s onwards), the computing services bureau of the company.
• Scout Toys, an education toy line of LeapFrog Enterprises
• The Scout, a book by Steven Plaut
• The Scout, a speedy, baseball loving class in the team-based games Team Fortress and Team Fortress 2
• Scout is the name of an autonomous boat designed to complete a transatlantic crossing
• Scout is a protoss aircraft unit in the game Starcraft.
• Scout IX-3, a 2003 Nerf blaster released under the N-Strike series

See also

• Guide (disambiguation)
• Pioneer (disambiguation)
• Indian scout (disambiguation)