'Vanguard' might refer to:
Military
★ Vanguard, the forward elements of a military
tactical formation advancing, or prepared to advance
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HMS ''Vanguard'', any of several Royal Navy ships
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Vanguard class submarine of the Royal Navy
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USNS Vanguard (T-AGM-19), the lead ship in a US Navy class
Transport
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Vickers Vanguard, a
British short/medium-range turboprop airliner (first flown 1959)
Space
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Project Vanguard, an early U.S. civilian satellite launch project, which attempted to launch a satellite in 1957, and succeeded in 1958
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Vanguard rocket, used in Project ''Vanguard''
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Vanguard 1 The second satellite launched by the United States, currently the oldest artificial object still in orbit.
Politics
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Vanguard party, a usually Marxist political party that views itself as the vanguard, or organizational leader, of proletarian revolution
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Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, a hardline unionist political party in Northern Ireland during the 1970s
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National Vanguard, a
white supremacist American political group.
Business
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Vanguard Aerospace, an FAA 145 Repair Station located in Waterford Wisconsin
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Vanguard Airlines was an airline based in Kansas City from 1994 to 2002
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The Vanguard Group, a large American investment management company
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Vanguard Records is an independent record label, featuring mostly folk and blues, founded by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in 1950
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Vanguard Animation, a computer graphics/movie studio
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Vanguard Press, a publishing label now owned by Random House
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Vanguard Strategy, an independant strategy consultancy based in London
Education
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Vanguard High School (Florida)
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Vanguard College (Canada)
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Vanguard University of Southern California
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Vanguard College Preparatory School (Texas)
★ Mascot/Nickname of
Vance-Granville Community College
Newspapers
★ ''The Vanguard'' (January 1853 - March 1853), a short-lived socialist paper published by
George Julian Harney
★ ''The Vanguard'', student newspaper at
Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Massachusetts
★ ''The Viking Vanguard'', student newspaper at
Puyallup High School in Puyallup, WA that was started 95 years ago.
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''Vanguard'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in
Nigeria
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Daily Vanguard'', a student-run newspaper at Portland State University
Comics and anime
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Vanguard'', a Russian
Marvel Comics mutant.
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Vanguard'', an alien superhero once featured in the comic book of the same name and now occasionally seen in
the Savage Dragon.
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''Vanguard'', a science fiction themed sprite comic
★ Vanguard, a humanoid mecha (used by the male faction) in the anime ''
Vandread''
★ "About Vanguard", A comic based on the world of Telon in the MMO Vanguard: Saga of heroes
Games and toys
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Vanguard (arcade game) (1981), a shooter game, and sequel ''Vanguard II'' (1984)
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Vanguard Bandits (2000), a tactical role-playing game
★ (2007), an
MMORPG co-published by
Sigil Games Online and
Sony Online Entertainment.
★ is a first person shooter created by
Electronic Arts for the
PlayStation 2 and
Wii
★ ''Vanguard'' from the computer game
The Longest Journey
★ ''Vanguard'', the droid partner of the Action Master version of the Autobot
Sideswipe in the Transformers toy line
★ ''Vanguard'', a defensive item present in
dota a custom game of
Warcraft III the Frozen Throne
★ ''Vanguard'', a system that is similar to our Sol System which hosts
Vanguard III by Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
★ is the name for a variant of which uses character cards to alter the rules of play
★ ''Vanguard'', the main battle tank of the New Conglomerate empire in the MMOFPS Planetside
★ ''Vanguard'', On the MMOG Puzzle Pirates it is one of the most powerful Flags on the Viridian Ocean.
★ ''Vanguard'', heavy assault trooper class for the Rebels in .
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Tanarus a free online game made back in 1997 by Sony has a fleet of tanks to choose from, one being the ''Vanguard''
Other uses
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Santa Clara Vanguard, a Division I modern drum and bugle corps based in Santa Clara, California
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Vanguard (synthesizer), a VSTi plug-in developed by reFX
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The Vanguards, a Norwegian rock band
★ , a series of novels about a space station called Vanguard
See also
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Avant-garde
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Daniel Vangarde