Vanguard

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Military

Vanguard, the forward division in an army
Vanguard, the leading squadron or division of a fleet
HMS Vanguard, a common name for ships in the Royal Navy
USNS Vanguard (T-AGM-19), the lead ship in a class of Missile Range Instrumentation Ships
Project Vanguard, an early U.S. satellite program
* Vanguard rocket, used in Project Vanguard
Vanguard Industries, a major US military insignia manufacturer
Vickers Vanguard, a short/medium-range turboprop airliner introduced in 1959 by Vickers-Armstrong, seating 139 passengers

Vanguard party, a usually Marxist political party that views itself as the vanguard, or organizational leader, of proletarian revolution
Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, a hardline unionist political party in Northern Ireland during the 1970s

Vanguard (arcade game) (1981), a shooter game
* Vanguard II (arcade game) (1984), sequel to the above
, a massively multiplayer role-playing game
Vanguard from the computer game The Longest Journey
Vanguard, the droid partner of the Action Master version of the Autobot Sideswipe in the Transformers toy line

Vanguard (comic), a science fiction themed sprite comic
Vanguard, a superhero humanoid alien in Image Comics assigned the job of protecting earth from invasion
Vanguard, a humanoid mecha (used by the male faction) in the anime Vandread

Vanguard Airlines was an airline based in Kansas City from 1994 to 2002
The Vanguard Group, a large American investment management company
Vanguard Records is an independent record label, featuring mostly folk and blues, founded by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in 1950
Santa Clara Vanguard, a Division I modern drum and bugle corps based in Santa Clara, California
Vanguard Animation, a computer graphics/movie studio
Vanguard (synthesizer), a VSTi plug-in developed by reFX software