Vanguard (disambiguation)

The vanguard is the leading part of an advancing military formation.

Vanguard may also refer to:

China

 * Chengdu J-10 "Vanguard", a 4.5-generation Chinese fighter plane
 * QW-1 Vanguard, an advanced Chinese surface-to-air missile

United Kingdom

 * 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
 * HMS Vanguard, several British Royal Navy ships

United States

 * Vultee P-66 Vanguard, an American fighter plane built from 1939 to 1943
 * Vanguard, nickname of the army 297th Military Intelligence Battalion
 * Vanguard, nickname of navy helicopter squadron HM-14
 * Vanguards, nickname of the air force 76th Fighter Squadron
 * Vanguards, an early nickname of the defunct Navy squadron VX-4

Other countries

 * Operation Vanguard, Ghana
 * Vanguards, nickname of No. 110 Helicopter Unit, IAF, India
 * Vanguard-class multirole warship, a proposed Norwegian class
 * Vanguard, nickname of the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Marine Division (South Korea)
 * 52nd Marine Vanguard Regiment of the Tunisian Navy
 * Quân Tiên Phong, (Vanguard) nickname of the 308th Infantry Division, Vietnam

Businesses and brands

 * Vanguard Airlines, a defunct American airline that operated from 1994 to 2002
 * Vanguard Automotive Group, an American car rental company
 * Vanguard Cellular, an American cellular phone company that was acquired by AT&T in 1999
 * Vanguard Dutch Marine, a Netherlands-based yacht manufacturing company
 * Vanguard Healthcare, a British medical company
 * Vanguard Health Systems, an American operator of hospitals and other medical facilities
 * Vanguard Industries, an American manufacturer of military badges
 * Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation, an IC foundry in Taiwan founded in 1994
 * Vanguard Managed Solutions, an American company (2001–2007) of which part is now Vanguard Networks
 * Vanguard Sailboats, an American builder of racing and recreational sailboats
 * The Vanguard Group, an American 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 1960s Eversharp fountain pen made in England
 * 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 line of American pocket watches made by the Waltham Watch Company
 * 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 888, a mid-twentieth century American radio made by Emerson

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

Film and television

 * Vanguard Animation, an American production studio
 * Vanguard Films, a defunct American film production company
 * Vanguard Films, a defunct Philippine 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
 * 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

Publications

 * 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
 * Vanguard, student newspaper of the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama
 * The Vanguard, the student weekly of Bentley University, Waltham, Massachusetts
 * The Vanguard (Bentley University), a student newspaper at Bentley University
 * The Vanguard (Buckingham Browne & Nichols), a student newspaper at Buckingham Browne & Nichols
 * 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

Comics and anime

 * Vanguard (Image Comics), a superhero from Megaton Comics and Image Comics
 * 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 the 1984 sequel Vanguard II
 * 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
 * Vanguard, the highest rank in Spiral Knights
 * Vanguards, a line of die-cast model cars made by Lledo, now owned by British company Corgi
 * Call of Duty: Vanguard, a 2021 installment of the Call of Duty franchise
 * Vanguard, an in-development first-person shooter game developed by CCP Games

Other arts, entertainment and media

 * Vanguard Radio Network, a Philippine radio network
 * Star Trek: Vanguard, a series of novels about a space station called Vanguard
 * The Vanguard, a painting which was the basis of the design of Western Cattle in Storm, an American stamp
 * The Vanguard (comic), a boys' story paper published in the 1920s by D. C. Thomson & Co.

Organizations

 * Vanguard (organization), a defunct American LGBT rights organization
 * Vanguard Public Foundation, a defunct American social justice foundation
 * U.P. Vanguard, alumni association of the University of the Philippines ROTC

Politics

 * Vanguard, a former name of the Russian Unity party of Ukraine
 * Vanguard Group (anarchist), an American anarchist group in the 1930s
 * Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party, a unionist political party in Northern Ireland during the 1970s
 * Vanguard Organization, a secret unit of the Arab Socialist Union (Egypt) during the presidency of Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat

Sports

 * LGU Vanguards, a defunct Philippine basketball team in the UNTV Cup league
 * Vanguard (American racehorse)
 * Vanguard (steeplechaser), winner of the 1835 Grand National
 * Vanguard Volley Hitters, a Philippine volleyball team of the Spikers' Turf volleyball league

Science and technology

 * Project Vanguard, an American satellite launch project begun in 1957
 * Vanguard (rocket), a launch vehicle used in Project Vanguard
 * Vanguard TV3, the first satellite launch attempt in 1957
 * Vanguard 1, an artificial satellite launched in 1958
 * Vanguard 2, an artificial satellite launched in 1959
 * Vanguard 3, an artificial satellite launched in 1959
 * Vanguard (microkernel), a discontinued experimental microkernel developed at Apple Computer

Aviation

 * Vickers Vanguard, a British short/medium-range turboprop airliner (first flown 1959)
 * Vickers Type 170 Vanguard, a 1920s British airliner
 * Briggs & Stratton Vanguard Big Block V-Twin, a series of piston engines, adapted to propel ultralights

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

Ships and boats

 * BOKA Vanguard, the largest heavy lift ship ever built
 * 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 15, one-design racing dinghy made by Vanguard Sailboats

Other uses

 * Vanguard, Saskatchewan, Canada, a village
 * Ulmus 'Morton Plainsman', an elm cultivar sold under the trade name Vanguard