Vanguard

Vanguard can mean:

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• A vanguard is the forward division in an army.
• HMS Vanguard the lead of the Vanguard class submarines, the UK's SSBN nuclear deterrent fleet.
• HMS Vanguard may also refer to any of nine other Royal Navy ships.
• Nighthawk Vanguard is the official marching band for Ironwood Ridge High School in Oro Valley, AZ.
• 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.
• The Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party was a hardline unionist political party in Northern Ireland during the 1970s.
• The Vickers Vanguard is a a short/medium-range turboprop airliner introduced in 1959 by Vickers-Armstrong, seating 139 passengers.
• 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)
• ' 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.
• Corydon Central Vanguard
• the state finalist marching band at Corydon Central High school in Corydon, Indiana

See avant-garde for a metaphorical use of this term, meaning new or experimental cultural and artistic movements.

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