Vanguard (disambiguation)

A vanguard is the forward element of an advancing military tactical formation (from old French, avan(t)garde from avant (before) + garde (guard)). Vanguard may also refer to:

Ships

HMS Vanguard, any of several British Royal Navy ships
Vanguard class submarine, the British Royal Navy's current nuclear ballistic missile submarines.
USNS Vanguard (T-AGM-19), US Navy vessel commissioned in 1944, originally USNS Mission San Fernando
Ocean Vanguard, a British freighter sunk in 1942 by the German submarine Unterseeboot 515 (U-515)
Vanguard class ship of the line, a class of warship deployed during the 19th century by the British Royal Navy
ST Vanguard, a tugboat

vanguard high school- new york a piece of shit school full of homos and bums. between 67 street and 68

Planes

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

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

Business

Vanguard Airlines, an airline based in Kansas City from 1994 to 2002
Vanguard Animation, a computer animation movie studio
Vanguard Cellular, a U.S. cellular phone company founded in 1984
Vanguard Health Systems, a U.S. operator of hospitals and other medical facilities
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

Education

Vanguard School, a private boarding high school in Lake Wales, Florida, U.S.
The Vanguard School, a public high school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
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.

Publishing

Vanguard (journal), published by the anarchist Vanguard Group
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
The Viking Vanguard, student newspaper at Puyallup High School in Puyallup, Washington
Workers Vanguard, a newspaper published by the U.S. wing of International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist)

Comics and anime

Vanguard (comics), a mutant Russian character in the Marvel Comics universe
Vanguard (Image Comics), an alien superhero in Megaton and Savage Dragon
A Vanguard is a high-tech humanoid robot in the anime Vandread

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
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, a tank in Tanarus, a free online game made by Sony in 1997
Vanguard, a character class in the video game, Mass Effect
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 Beggar, a character role for the clan of the League of Beggars in the MMORPG 9Dragons by Acclaim
Crystal Defenders: Vanguard Storm, a game that uses elements from Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift

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 Vanguard Award, 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 based in Santa Clara, California
Vanguard -of the muses-, an album by Japanese band Exist Trace

Other uses

Vanguard (microkernel), developed at Apple Computer
Vanguard (racehorse), 1843 Grand National winner
Vanguard (TV series), a journalistic reporting series
Vanguard, California, a community in the San Joaquin Valley
Vanguard, Saskatchewan, Canada
Vanguard 15, one-design racing dinghy made by Vanguard Sailboats
Standard Vanguard, a car produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1947 to 1963
Toyota Vanguard, a Japanese compact crossover sport utility vehicle
QW-1 Vanguard, an advanced Chinese surface-to-air missile
U.P. Vanguards, ROTC unit at the University of the Philippines
Vanguard Award, presented annually at the GLAAD Media Awards