Vanguard
Encyclopedia
Vanguard may refer to:
- Vanguard (military formation), the forward element of an advancing military formation
Military
- HM-14HM-14Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron FOURTEEN is a United States Navy helicopter squadron based at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Nicknamed the "Vanguard" and flying the MH-53E Sea Dragon, it comprises both active duty and reserve personnel...
"Vanguard", a U.S. Navy helicopter squadron - QW-1 VanguardQW-1 VanguardThe People's Republic of China developed QW-1 Vanguard is an all-aspect man-portable surface to air missile, from which a series of missiles were developed.-QW-1:...
, an advanced Chinese surface-to-air missile - University of the Philippines ROTC UnitUniversity of the Philippines ROTC UnitThe University of the Philippines ROTC Corps of Cadets pioneered the Reserve Officer Training Corps concept in the Philippines in 1912. In 1935, Commonwealth Act No. 1, also known as the "National Defense Act" was enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippine Commonwealth government. CA No...
, called the U.P. Vanguards
Ships and boats
- HMS VanguardHMS VanguardEleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vanguard, meaning the forefront of an action or movement. was a 31-gun galleon launched in 1586, rebuilt twice and was broken up in 1630, with some parts being reused in the next HMS Vanguard. was a 56-gun second-rate launched in 1631, active...
, any of several British Royal Navy ships - USNS Vanguard (T-AGM-19), US Navy vessel commissioned in 1944, originally USNS Mission San Fernando
- ST Vanguard, a tugboat also named Empire Pine
- Ocean Vanguard, a British freighter sunk in 1942 by the German submarine Unterseeboot 515 (U-515)
- Vanguard class submarineVanguard class submarineThe Vanguard class are the Royal Navy's current nuclear ballistic missile submarines , each armed with up to 16 Trident II Submarine-launched ballistic missiles...
, the British Royal Navy's current nuclear ballistic missile submarines. - Vanguard class ship of the lineVanguard class ship of the lineThe Vanguard-class ships of the line were a class of two-deck 80-gun second rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir William Symonds, of which nine were completed as sailing ships of the line, although another two of these were completed as steam warships.They were originally planned as 78-gun...
, a class of warship deployed during the 19th century by the British Royal Navy - Vanguard 15Vanguard 15The Vanguard 15 is a popular one design racing dinghy designed by Bob Ames. It is a double-handed monohull sailboat with a sloop rig . Ideally the combined weight of the crew is between 270 and and both members hike off the boat to keep it flat...
, one-design racing dinghy made by Vanguard Sailboats
Aircraft
- Chengdu J-10Chengdu J-10The Chengdu J-10 is a multirole fighter aircraft designed and produced by the People's Republic of China's Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation for the People's Liberation Army Air Force...
"Vanguard", a 4.5-generation Chinese fighter plane - Vultee P-66 Vanguard, U.S. fighter plane built from 1939 to 1943
- Vickers VanguardVickers VanguardThe Vickers Type 950 Vanguard was a British short/medium-range turboprop airliner introduced in 1959 by Vickers-Armstrongs, a development of their successful Viscount design with considerably more internal room. The Vanguard was introduced just before the first of the large jet-powered airliners,...
, a British short/medium-range turboprop airliner (first flown 1959)
Automobiles
- Standard VanguardStandard VanguardThe car used a conventional chassis on which was mounted the American inspired semi-streamlined four-door body, which resembles a Plymouth. Suspension was independent at the front with coil springs and a live axle and leaf springs at the rear. Front and rear anti-roll bars were fitted. The brakes...
, a car produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1947 to 1963 - Toyota Vanguard, a Japanese compact crossover sport utility vehicle
Space
- Project VanguardProject VanguardProject Vanguard was a program managed by the United States Naval Research Laboratory , which intended to launch the first artificial satellite into Earth orbit using a Vanguard rocket as the launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Missile Annex, Florida....
, a U.S. satellite launch project begun in 1957- Vanguard (rocket), launch vehicle used in Project Vanguard
- Vanguard TV3Vanguard TV3Vanguard TV3 was the first attempt of the United States to launch a satellite into orbit around the Earth. It was a small satellite designed to test the launch capabilities of the three-stage Vanguard rocket and study the effects of the environment on a satellite and its systems in Earth orbit...
, first satellite launch attempt in 1957 - Vanguard 1Vanguard 1Vanguard 1 was the fourth artificial Earth satellite launched and the first satellite to be solar powered. Although communication with it was lost in 1964, it remains the oldest manmade satellite still in orbit...
, artificial satellite launched in 1958 - Vanguard 2Vanguard 2Vanguard 2 or Vanguard II is an earth-orbiting satellite launched February 17, 1959 aboard a Vanguard SLV 4 rocket as part of the United States Navy's Project Vanguard...
, artificial satellite launched in 1959 - Vanguard 3Vanguard 3Vanguard 3 is a scientific satellite that was launched into Earth orbit by a Vanguard rocket on September 18, 1959, the third successful Vanguard launch out of eleven attempts.-Mission Objectives:...
, artificial satellite launched in 1959
Politics
- Vanguard partyVanguard partyA vanguard party is a political party at the forefront of a mass action, movement, or revolution. The idea of a vanguard party has its origins in the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels...
, a political party at the forefront of a mass action, movement, or revolution, usually Leninist - VanguardismVanguardismIn the context of revolutionary struggle, vanguardism is a strategy whereby an organization attempts to place itself at the center of the movement, and steer it in a direction consistent with its ideology....
, 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 (disambiguation), one of several white nationalist or neo-fascist organizations and publications
- Vanguard Group (anarchist)Vanguard Group (anarchist)The Vanguard Group was an anarchist political group active during the 1930s, which published the periodical Vanguard: Journal of Libertarian Communism, led by Sam Dolgoff ....
, an American anarchist group in the 1930s - Vanguard, a former name of the Russian UnityRussian Unity- History :Till August 2010 the party was named Vanguard and it is bassed in Simferopol. It won seats during the 2010 Crimean parliamentary election in the Supreme Council of Crimea.-External links:*...
party of Ukraine
Business
- Vanguard AirlinesVanguard AirlinesVanguard Airlines was an airline based out of Kansas City, Missouri. For a time, Vanguard also had significant operations at Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, until late 2000. It ceased operations on July 29, 2002, after filing for bankruptcy...
, an airline based in Kansas City from 1994 to 2002 - Vanguard Health SystemsVanguard Health SystemsVanguard Health Systems is an operator of hospitals and other medical facilities in five U.S. states: Arizona, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Texas. The company's headquarters are located in Nashville, Tennessee...
, a U.S. operator of hospitals and other medical facilities - Vanguard RecordsVanguard RecordsVanguard Records is a record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. It started as a classical label, but is perhaps best known for its catalogue of recordings by a number of pivotal folk and blues artists from the 1960s; the Bach Guild was a subsidiary...
, a U.S. record label founded in 1950 - Vanguard SailboatsVanguard SailboatsVanguard Sailboats was founded in 1967 in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA by Peter and Olaf Harken. The brothers started to gain attention after their sailing hardware was used on boats that won Olympic gold in 1968 and after Vanguard supplied the Finn class for several countries in the 1976 Olympics...
, a Wisconsin builder of racing and recreational sailboats - The Vanguard GroupThe Vanguard GroupThe Vanguard Group is an American investment management company based in Malvern, Pennsylvania, that manages approximately $1.6 trillion in assets. It offers mutual funds and other financial products and services to individual and institutional investors in the United States and abroad. Founder...
, a U.S. investment management company founded in 1975 - China Resources Vanguard ShopChina Resources Vanguard ShopChina Resources Vanguard Shop, or CR Vanguard, is a flagship operating supermarket chains of China Resources. It is the third largest supermarket chain in Hong Kong...
, one of the largest supermarket chain companies in Hong Kong
Information and communications technology (ICT)
- Vanguard AnimationVanguard AnimationVanguard Animation, LLC. is an American animation studio founded in 2004 by producer, John H. Williams. It produces computer animated films. Films produced include its debut film Valiant, Happily N'Ever After and Space Chimps....
, a computer animation movie studio - Vanguard CellularVanguard CellularVanguard Cellular Systems, Inc. was a cellular carrier formed in 1984 by Steve Leeolou, Haynes Griffin, Rich Preyor and Chuck Hagel. It was the largest independent non-wireline cellular carrier in the 1990s. Vanguard was acquired in 1999 by AT&T Wireless, which was later acquired by Cingular...
, a U.S. cellular phone company founded in 1984 - Vanguard International Semiconductor CorporationVanguard International Semiconductor CorporationVanguard International Semiconductor Corporation is a specialized IC foundry service provider. It is founded in December 1994 in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan, by Morris Chang...
, an IC foundry in Taiwan founded in 1994
Education
- Vanguard School (disambiguation), various
- Vanguard High SchoolVanguard High SchoolVanguard High School is one of eight high schools in Marion County, Florida. The school serves the northeast area of Ocala, Florida. Vanguard offers the International Baccalaureate program for students, which accepts pupils from outside districts and makes up about 25% of the student population....
, a public school in Ocala, Florida, U.S. - Vanguard CollegeVanguard CollegeVanguard College, formerly Northwest Bible College, is a degree-granting institution offering Christian education, located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Their mission is to develop innovative Spirit-filled leaders.-History:...
, a Christian college in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - Vanguard University of Southern CaliforniaVanguard University of Southern CaliforniaVanguard University is located in Costa Mesa, California, USA. During the summer of 1920, Harold K. Needham, D. W. Kerr, and W. C. Pierce opened a school to prepare Christian workers for the various ministries of the church. The new institute, Southern California Bible School, moved from Los...
, a Christian liberal arts university in Costa Mesa, California, U.S. - Vanguard College Preparatory SchoolVanguard College Preparatory SchoolVanguard College Preparatory School, founded in 1973, is a private, independent, coeducational, college preparatory day school located in Waco, TX for students in grades 7-12...
, a private high school in Waco, Texas, U.S.
Film and television (TV)
- Vanguard (TV series)Vanguard (TV series)Vanguard is a television documentary series broadcast on the Current TV television network. Currently in its fifth season, Vanguard reports on such issues as the environment, drugs and the effects of globalization and conflict....
, a journalistic reporting series on Current TV - Vanguard Award, presented annually at the GLAAD Media Awards
Music
- Vanguard (synthesizer)Vanguard (synthesizer)Vanguard is a VSTi and AU software synthesizer by reFX. It is a virtual analog synthesizer with 3 oscillators, 32 waveforms, up to 10-times unison, a filter with a number of frequency responses, delay and reverb effects and stereo pattern controlled noise gate and arpeggiator, making it very...
, a software synthesizer developed by reFX - Vanguard RecordsVanguard RecordsVanguard Records is a record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. It started as a classical label, but is perhaps best known for its catalogue of recordings by a number of pivotal folk and blues artists from the 1960s; the Bach Guild was a subsidiary...
, an independent record label founded in 1950 - The VanguardsThe VanguardsThe Vanguards were a rock band from Oslo, Norway that debuted in 1961. Although the band disbanded eight years later, members continued to reunite for appearances during the 1970s....
, a 1960s Norwegian rock band - Village VanguardVillage VanguardThe Village Vanguard is a jazz club located at in Greenwich Village, New York City. The club was opened on February 22, 1935, by Max Gordon. At first, it also featured other forms of music such as folk music and beat poetry, but it switched to an all-jazz format in 1957.-History:Over 100 jazz...
, 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 CorpsSanta Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle CorpsSanta Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps is a World Class drum and bugle corps based in Santa Clara, California and founded in 1967, and is a member corps of Drum Corps International...
, 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 TraceExist TraceExist Trace are a Japanese metal band of the visual kei style, and consisting entirely of female members. They're from Tokyo, Japan, and initially formed in June 2003....
Publishing
- Vanguard (journal)Vanguard (journal)Vanguard: A Libertarian Communist Journal was a monthly anarchist political and theoretical journal, based in New York City, published between April 1932 and July 1939, and edited by Samuel Weiner, among others....
, published by the anarchist Vanguard Group - Vanguard (Nigeria), a daily newspaper based in Lagos, Nigeria
- Vanguard PressVanguard PressThe Vanguard Press was a United States publishing house established with a $100,000 grant from the left wing American Fund for Public Service, better known as the Garland Fund. Throughout the 1920s, Vanguard Press issued an array of books on radical topics, including studies of the Soviet Union,...
, a publishing label now owned by Random House - Daily VanguardDaily VanguardThe Daily Vanguard is an independent student newspaper for Portland State University. The newspaper is now generally referred to as simply the Vanguard.-Publishing:...
, the student newspaper at Portland State University - Star Trek: VanguardStar Trek: VanguardStar Trek: Vanguard is a series of Star Trek books set during the time period of the original television series. At present six novels and one novella collection have been released.-Premise:...
, a series of novels about a space station called Vanguard - Vanguard, student newspaper of the University of South AlabamaUniversity of South AlabamaThe University of South Alabama is a public, doctoral-level university in Mobile, Alabama, USA. It was created by the Alabama Legislature in 1963, and replaced existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alabama. No other areas of the state were willing to support such a...
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 RoyManabendra Nath RoyManabendra Nath Roy , born Narendra Nath Bhattacharya and popularly known as M. N. Roy, was an Indian nationalist revolutionary and an internationally known radical activist and political theorist. Roy was a founder of the Communist Parties in both Mexico and India and was a delegate to...
- The Vanguard (January-March 1853), a short-lived socialist paper published by George Julian HarneyGeorge Julian HarneyGeorge Julian Harney was a British political activist, journalist, and Chartist leader. He was also associated with Marxism, socialism, and universal suffrage.-Early life:...
- The Vanguard, student weekly of Bentley University, Waltham, Massachusetts
- Workers Vanguard, a newspaper published by the U.S. wing of International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist)International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist)The International Communist League , earlier known as the international Spartacist tendency is a Trotskyist international. Its largest constituent party is the Spartacist League...
Comics and anime
- The Vanguard (comic)The Vanguard (comic)The Vanguard was a boys' story paper published in Britain from 1923 to 1926 by D. C. Thomson & Co....
, a boys' story paper published in the 1920s by D. C. Thomson & Co. - Vanguard (Image Comics)Vanguard (Image Comics)Vanguard is a fictional alien hero created by Gary Carlson and Erik Larsen for Carlson's self-published anthology Megaton. Vanguard is a white alien with small antennae who has been given the unenviable job of guarding Earth, which is viewed by the aliens as boring with little chance of anything...
, 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 VandreadVandreadis a Japanese anime series directed by Takeshi Mori and created by Gonzo and Media Factory animation studios. It also utilizes well-animated characters and cleanly rendered CG action sequences....
Games and toys
- Vanguard (video game), a 1981 shooter game with 1984 sequel, Vanguard II
- Vanguard BanditsVanguard BanditsVanguard Bandits, known in Japan as , is a tactical role-playing game for the PlayStation. The game was developed by Human Entertainment and originally released in Japan on July 30, 1998...
, a 2000 Japanese tactical role-playing game for PlayStation - Vanguard: Saga of HeroesVanguard: Saga of HeroesVanguard: Saga of Heroes is a high fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game created by Sigil Games Online, and now developed and run by Sony Online Entertainment. Originally, the game was co-published by Sony Online Entertainment , and the company producing it, Sigil Games...
, a 2007 MMORPG created by Sigil Games Online and Sony Online Entertainment - Medal of Honor: VanguardMedal of Honor: VanguardMedal of Honor: Vanguard is the tenth installment in the Medal of Honor series of World War II first-person shooters. It was developed by Electronic Arts' Los Angeles studio with Budcat Creations and released for the PlayStation 2 and Wii on March 26, 2007, in the United States.-Plot:Players take...
, a first person shooter game created by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 2 and Wii - Vanguard, an organization in the computer game, The Longest JourneyThe Longest JourneyThe Longest Journey is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Norwegian studio Funcom for the PC. First published by IQ Media Nordic in Norway in 1999, it was later localized for and released in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Canada, Spain, Denmark,...
- Vanguard, the droid partner of the Transformers toy, Sideswipe
- Vanguard, a variant of the collectible card game, Magic: The Gathering
- Vanguard, a tank in TanarusTanarus (video game)Tanarus was a free 3D multiplayer online tank first-person shooter that was commercially released on November 30, 1997. It was developed under the direction of John Smedley at Verant Interactive and published by Sony Online Entertainment . Originally titled Armorgeddon, Verant was forced to change...
, a free online game made by Sony in 1997 - Vanguard, a character class in the video game, Mass EffectMass EffectMass Effect is an action role-playing game developed by BioWare for the Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows by Demiurge Studios. The Xbox 360 version was released worldwide in November 2007 published by Microsoft Game Studios...
and Mass Effect 2Mass Effect 2Mass Effect 2 is an action role-playing game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The game was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 on January 26, 2010 and for PlayStation 3 on January 18, 2011... - Vanguard, a UN-funded military organisation in the City of HeroesCity of HeroesCity of Heroes is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based on the superhero comic book genre, developed by Cryptic Studios and published by NCsoft. The game was launched in North America on April 27, 2004 and in Europe on February 4, 2005 with English, German and French language...
universe - Vanguard, a group of characters in the video game, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New WorldTales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New WorldTales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, known in Japan as , is a console role-playing game developed by Namco Tales Studio and published by Namco Bandai for the Wii as a cross of spin-off and sequel to Tales of Symphonia for the Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2. Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of...
- Vanguard, a demon (opponent) in the game, Demon's SoulsDemon's Soulsis an action role-playing game video game developed primarily by From Software exclusively for the PlayStation 3. It was released in Japan on February 5, 2009 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment...
- Crystal Defenders: Vanguard Storm, a game that uses elements from Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
- Vanguard PrincessVanguard Princess, also known as Vanguard Princess: Senjin no Himegimi is a Japanese freeware dōjin 2D fighting game for Windows, developed by a single programmer and illustrator called Tomoaki Sugeno, nicknamed Suge9. The game was released on June 26, 2009 and was created using Fighter Maker 2nd...
, a fighting game for Windows - Vanguard, a item in Dota
Sports
- Vanguard (horse), 1843 Grand National winner
- Avangard OmskAvangard OmskAvangard Omsk are a professional ice hockey team from Siberia based in the city of Omsk, Russia. They are members of the Chernyshev Division of the Kontinental Hockey League.-Overview:...
, a Russian ice hockey team
Places
- Vanguard, CaliforniaVanguard, CaliforniaVanguard is an unincorporated community in Fresno and Kings Counties, California. It is located west-southwest of Lemoore, at an elevation of 253 feet ....
, a community in the San Joaquin Valley, USA - Vanguard, SaskatchewanVanguard, SaskatchewanFounded in 1912, the village of Vanguard, Saskatchewan is located in the southwest corner of Saskatchewan on Highway 43 close to Notekeu Creek. It is located in the rural municipality of Whiska Creek...
, Canada
See also
- Avant-gardeAvant-gardeAvant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
- Daniel VangardeDaniel VangardeDaniel Vangarde, born Daniel Bangalter in 1947, is a French songwriter and producer. He is the father of music composer Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk.-History:...
, French songwriter and producer - The Vanguard (disambiguation)