Vanguard
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Vanguard, which means "leader" or "first in line," has multiple specific meanings and uses.
- A vanguard is the forward division in an army.
- A vanguard is the leading squadron or division of a fleet.
- A vanguard party is a usually Marxist political party that views itself as the vanguard, or organizational leader, of proletarian revolution.
- Vanguard is a common name for ships in the Royal Navy. The current HMS Vanguard is the lead ship of the Vanguard class submarines, the UK's nuclear deterrent fleet.
- USNS Vanguard (T-AGM-19) , the lead ship in a class of Missile Range Instrumentation Ships.
- Project Vanguard was an early U.S. satellite program. Vanguard rocket was used in Project Vanguard.
- The Vanguard Group is a large American investment management company.
- Vanguard Industries is a major US military insignia manufacturer.
- The Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party was a hardline unionist political party in Northern Ireland during the 1970s.
- The Vickers Vanguard was a short/medium-range turboprop airliner introduced in 1959 by Vickers-Armstrong, seating 139 passengers.
- Vanguard (newspaper) is a daily newspaper in Nigeria
- The Daily Vanguard is a student-run newspaper at Portland State University.
- Computer and video games named Vanguard:
- the shooter game Vanguard (1981) and its sequel Vanguard II (1984)
- Vanguard: Saga of Heroes is a massively multiplayer role-playing game
- Vanguard Records is an independent record label, featuring mostly folk and blues, founded by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in 1950.
- Santa Clara Vanguard is a Division I modern drum and bugle corps based in Santa Clara, California.
- Vanguard is a superhero character in Image Comics. A humanoid alien assigned the job of protecting earth from invasion.
- Vanguard also represents humanoid mechas (used by the male faction)in the anime Vandread
- Vanguard Animation - computer graphics/movie studio.
- Vanguard (tourist service) [1] is a location-based service for tourists developed by students of the Center for Digital Technology and Management.
- Vanguard is a VST plug-in developed by reFX software. [2]
- Vanguard (Comic) is a science fiction themed sprite comic.
See avant-garde for a metaphorical use of this term, meaning new or experimental cultural and artistic movements.