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A vanguard is the forward element of an advancing military tactical formation. 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

Planes

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 Marxist

Vanguardism, a strategy whereby an organization attempts to place itself at the center of a revolutionary movement

Vanguard Progressive Unionist 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-animated movie studio

The Vanguard Group, a U.S. investment management company founded in 1975

Vanguard Sailboats, a Wisconsin builder of racing and recreational sailboats

Vanguard Health Systems, a U.S. operator of hospitals and other medical facilities

Vanguard Cellular, a U.S. cellular phone company founded in 1984

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 Press, a publishing label now owned by Random House

Daily Vanguard, the student newspaper at Portland State University

Vanguard Journal, published by the anarchist Vanguard Group (see Politics)

The Vanguard (1922-28), a publication of the emigré Communist Party of India, founded and edited by M. N. Roy

The Vanguard (January-March 1853), a short-lived socialist paper published by George Julian Harney

The Viking Vanguard, student newspaper at Puyallup High School in Puyallup, Washington

, a series of novels about a space station called Vanguard

Vanguard, student newspaper of the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama

The Vanguard, student weekly of Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts

Workers Vanguard, a newspaper published by the U.S. wing of International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist)

Vanguard, official press organ of Hardline (subculture), a radical deep ecology movement

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 (arcade game), a 1981 shooter game with 1984 sequel, Vanguard II

Vanguard Bandits, a 2000 Japanese tactical role-playing game for PlayStation

, a 2007 MMORPG created by Sigil Games Online and Sony Online Entertainment

, a first person shooter game created by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 2 and Wii

Vanguard is an organization in the computer game The Longest Journey

Vanguard is the droid partner of the Transformers toy, Sideswipe

Vanguard is a variant of which uses character cards to alter the rules of play

Vanguard is the name of a tank in Tanarus, a free online game made by Sony in 1997

Vanguard is the name of a unit class in the Rebel Alliance in the "" video game series.

Vanguard is the name of a class you can choose for your main character in the Mass Effect video game.

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

Other uses

Standard Vanguard, a car produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1947 to 1963

Vanguard (microkernel), developed at Apple Computer

Vanguard (racehorse), 1843 Grand National winner

Vanguard 15, one-design racing dinghy made by Vanguard Sailboats

Vanguard Award, presented annually at the GLAAD Media Awards

Vanguard, Saskatchewan, Canada

Toyota Vanguard, a Japanese compact crossover sport utility vehicle

Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps, based in Santa Clara, California

U.P. Vanguard Fraternity, a college fraternity of the University of the Philippines

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