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Vanguard may refer to:
Military
- Vanguard (military formation), the leading part of an advancing military formation.
- Ghana
- India
- Vanguards, nickname of No. 110 Helicopter Unit
- Norway
- Philippines
- U.P. Vanguard, alumni association of the University of the Philippines ROTC
- United States
- Vanguard, nickname of the army 297th Military Intelligence Battalion
- Vanguard, nickname of navy helicopter squadron HM-14
- Vanguard for Support, motto of the army 7th Support Command, and 9th Finance Battalion
- Vanguard of the Pacific, motto of the army 368th Military Intelligence Battalion
- Vanguard of Victory, motto of the army 91st Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 541st Reconnaissance Battalion, the navy cruiser USS Normandy
- Vanguard of Vigilance, motto of the army 205th Military Intelligence Brigade
- Vanguards, nickname of the air force 76th Fighter Squadron, and early nickname of the defunct navy squadron VX-4
- Vanguards of Justice, motto of the Army Corrections Command
- Viking Vanguard, motto of the 94th Armored Regiment Minnesota Army National Guard
- Viking Vanguard, motto of the 94th Cavalry Regiment
- Vietnam
- Quân Tiên Phong, (Vanguard) nickname of the 308th Infantry Division
Businesses and brands
- Vanguard Airlines, a defunct U.S. airline that operated from 1994 to 2002
- Vanguard Automotive Group, an U.S. car rental company
- Vanguard Dutch Marine, a Netherlands-based yacht manufacturing company
- Vanguard Health Systems, a U.S. operator of hospitals and other medical facilities
- Vanguard Industries, a U.S. manufacturer of military badges
- Vanguard Records, a U.S. record label founded in 1950
- Vanguard Sailboats, a U.S. builder of racing and recreational sailboats
- The Vanguard Group, a U.S. investment management company founded in 1975
- China Resources Vanguard, one of the largest supermarket chain companies in Hong Kong
- Vanguard, a 1970s American running shoe made by Brooks Sports
- Vanguard, a former American cigarette made by Brown & Williamson
- Vanguard, a line of Swiss watches made by Franck Muller
- Vanguard, a former cigarette made by John Player & Sons
- Vanguard, a line of Swiss watches made by Roamer
- Vanguard, a mid-twentieth century American lighter made by Ronson
- Vanguard, a 1960s Italian-made Waterman fountain pen
- Vanguard, an American line of sporting rifles made by Weatherby
- Vanguard Knife, a hunting knife made by the American company Buck Knives
- Vanguard Soap, an American soap production company which dates from the 1940s
- Vanguard 888, a mid-twentieth century American radio made by Emerson
Information and communications technology
- Vanguard Animation, a computer animation movie studio
- Vanguard Cellular, a U.S. cellular phone company that was acquired by AT&T in 1999
- 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
- Vanguard (microkernel), a discontinued experimental microkernel developed at Apple Computer
Education
Canada
- Vanguard College, a private Christian college in Edmonton, Alberta
- Vanguard School (Quebec), a private high school in Montreal, Quebec
New Zealand
- Vanguard Military School, a charter school in Auckland
United States
- Vanguard College Preparatory School, a private high school in Waco, Texas
- Vanguard High School, a public high school in Ocala, Florida
- Vanguard School (Illinois), a public high school in Arlington Heights, Illinois
- Vanguard University of Southern California, a private Christian university in Costa Mesa, California
- The Vanguard School (Colorado), a public K-12 charter school in Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Vanguard School (Florida), a private boarding high school in Lake Wales, Florida
- The Vanguard School (Pennsylvania), a private school in Malvern, Pennsylvania
- Vanguard School of Coconut Grove, a private day school in Coconut Grove, Florida
- Carnegie Vanguard High School, a public magnet high school in Houston, Texas
Media and entertainment
Film and television
- Vanguard Films, a defunct American film production company
- Vanguard (film), a 2020 Chinese action film
- News Vanguard, an Indian TV channel
- Vanguard (TV series), a journalistic reporting series on Current TV
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
- "Vanguard", a single by Violet Chachki from her 2015 EP Gagged
Publishing
- Vanguard (journal), published by the anarchist Vanguard Group
- Vanguard (Nigeria) (Daily Vanguard), a daily newspaper based in Lagos, Nigeria
- Vanguard, a defunct Canadian magazine
- Vanguard Press, a publishing label now owned by Random House
- Portland State Vanguard (formerly 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, 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 the International Communist League
- Osprey Publishing has the series of books called Air Vanguard and New Vanguard
- La Vanguardia, ("The Vanguard") a Spanish newspaper founded in 1881
- La Vanguardia, ("The Vanguard") an Argentinian newspaper founded in 1894
Radio
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 (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, a faction in the video game, Destiny
- 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 is the highest rank in Spiral Knights
- Vanguards, a line of die-cast model cars made by the British company Corgi Classics
Non-profits
- Vanguard (organization), an American LGBT rights organization
- Vanguard Public Foundation, an American social justice foundation
Places
- Vanguard, Saskatchewan, Canada
Politics
- 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 (American organization)
- Vanguard Group (anarchist), an American anarchist group in the 1930s
- Vanguard, a former name of the Russian Unity party of Ukraine
Sports
- Vanguard (steeplechaser), winner of the 1835 Grand National
- Vanguard (American racehorse)
- Avangard Omsk, a Russian ice hockey team
School nicknames and mascots
Vehicles
Aviation
- Chengdu J-10 "Vanguard", a 4.5-generation Chinese fighter plane
- QW-1 Vanguard, an advanced Chinese surface-to-air missile
- Vickers Vanguard, a British short/medium-range turboprop airliner (first flown 1959)
- Vickers Type 170 Vanguard, a 1920s British airliner
- Vultee P-66 Vanguard, U.S. fighter plane built from 1939 to 1943
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
Locomotives
- The "Vanguard" class of locomotives built by Thomas Hill (Rotherham) Ltd
Ships and boats
- BOKA Vanguard, the largest heavy lift ship ever built
- HMS Vanguard, any of several British Royal Navy ships
- Ocean Vanguard, a British freighter sunk in 1942 by the German submarine German submarine U-515
- South African Vanguard, a former Safmarine cargo ship
- ST Vanguard, a 250 GRT tugboat formerly the Empire ship named Empire Pine
- USNS Mission San Fernando (T-AO-122), renamed USNS Vanguard in 1965 for role as tracking vessel
- Vanguard-class multirole warship, a proposed Norwegian naval vessel
- Vanguard-class ship of the line, a class of warship deployed during the 19th century by the Royal Navy
- Vanguard-class submarine, the Royal Navy's current nuclear ballistic missile submarines
- Vanguard 15, one-design racing dinghy made by Vanguard Sailboats
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
See also
- Avant-garde
- Daniel Vangarde, French songwriter and producer
- The Vanguard (disambiguation)
- Vanguard Award (disambiguation)
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