Wikipedia:
Military
Vanguard (military formation), the forward element of an advancing military formationHM-14 "Vanguard", a U.S. Navy helicopter squadronQW-1 Vanguard, an advanced Chinese surface-to-air missileUniversity of the Philippines ROTC Unit, called the U.P. Vanguards
Vehicles
Ships and boats
HMS Vanguard, any of several British Royal Navy shipsUSNS Vanguard (T-AGM-19), US Navy vessel commissioned in 1944, originally USNS Mission San FernandoST Vanguard, a tugboat also named Empire PineOcean Vanguard, a British freighter sunk in 1942 by the German submarine Unterseeboot 515 (U-515)Vanguard class submarine, the British Royal Navy's current nuclear ballistic missile submarines.Vanguard class ship of the line, a class of warship deployed during the 19th century by the British Royal NavyVanguard 15, one-design racing dinghy made by Vanguard Sailboats Aircraft
Chengdu J-10 "Vanguard", a 4.5-generation Chinese fighter planeVultee P-66 Vanguard, U.S. fighter plane built from 1939 to 1943Vickers Vanguard, a British short/medium-range turboprop airliner (first flown 1959) Automobiles
Standard Vanguard, a car produced by the British Standard Motor Company from 1947 to 1963Toyota Vanguard, a Japanese compact crossover sport utility vehicle Space
Project Vanguard, a U.S. satellite launch project begun in 1957
Vanguard (rocket), launch vehicle used in Project VanguardVanguard TV3, first satellite launch attempt in 1957Vanguard 1, artificial satellite launched in 1958Vanguard 2, artificial satellite launched in 1959Vanguard 3, artificial satellite launched in 1959
Politics
Vanguard party, a political party at the forefront of a mass action, movement, or revolution, usually LeninistVanguardism, a strategy whereby an organization attempts to place itself at the center of a revolutionary movementVanguard Unionist Progressive Party, a unionist political party in Northern Ireland during the 1970sNational Vanguard (disambiguation), one of several white nationalist or neo-fascist organizations and publicationsVanguard Group (anarchist), an American anarchist group in the 1930sVanguard, a former name of the Russian Unity party of Ukraine
Business
Vanguard Airlines, an airline based in Kansas City from 1994 to 2002Vanguard Health Systems, a U.S. operator of hospitals and other medical facilitiesVanguard Records, a U.S. record label founded in 1950Vanguard Sailboats, a Wisconsin builder of racing and recreational sailboatsThe Vanguard Group, a U.S. investment management company founded in 1975China Resources Vanguard Shop, one of the largest supermarket chain companies in Hong Kong Information and communications technology (ICT)
Vanguard Animation, a computer animation movie studioVanguard Cellular, a U.S. cellular phone company founded in 1984Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation, an IC foundry in Taiwan founded in 1994
Education
Vanguard School (disambiguation), variousVanguard High School, a public school in Ocala, Florida, U.S.Vanguard College, a Christian college in Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaVanguard University of Southern California, a Christian liberal arts university in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.Vanguard College Preparatory School, a private high school in Waco, Texas, U.S.
Media and entertainment
Film and television (TV)
Vanguard (TV series), a journalistic reporting series on Current TVVanguard Award, presented annually at the GLAAD Media AwardsCardfight!! Vanguard series. Music
Vanguard, electronic band from Gothenburg, SwedenVanguard (synthesizer), a software synthesizer developed by reFXVanguard Records, an independent record label founded in 1950The Vanguards, a 1960s Norwegian rock bandVillage Vanguard, a jazz club in New York City, founded in 1935MTV Video Music Award – Video Vanguard, an award started in 1984 and given intermittently to musicians, music video directors and filmmakersSanta Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps, A World Class corps and six time DCI world champion based in Santa Clara, CaliforniaVanguard -of the muses-, an album by Japanese band Exist Trace Publishing
Vanguard (journal), published by the anarchist Vanguard GroupVanguard (Nigeria), a daily newspaper based in Lagos, NigeriaVanguard Press, a publishing label now owned by Random HouseDaily Vanguard, the student newspaper at Portland State UniversityStar Trek: Vanguard, a series of novels about a space station called VanguardVanguard, student newspaper of the University of South Alabama in Mobile, AlabamaVanguard, official press organ of Hardline (subculture), a radical deep ecology movementThe Vanguard (1922–28), a publication of the émigré Communist Party of India, founded and edited by Manabendra Nath RoyThe Vanguard (January-March 1853), a short-lived socialist paper published by George Julian HarneyThe Vanguard, student weekly of Bentley University, Waltham, MassachusettsWorkers Vanguard, a newspaper published by the U.S. wing of International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist) Comics and anime
The Vanguard (comic), a boys' story paper published in the 1920s by D. C. Thomson & Co.Vanguard (Image Comics), an alien superhero in Megaton and Savage DragonVanguard (Marvel Comics), a name shared by a mutant Russian character as well as a fictional team of charactersVanguard, a high-tech humanoid robot in the anime VandreadCardfight!! Vanguard an anime series, based on the trading card game. Games and toys
Vanguard (video game), a 1981 shooter game with 1984 sequel, Vanguard IIVanguard Bandits, a 2000 Japanese tactical role-playing game for PlayStationVanguard: Saga of Heroes, a 2007 MMORPG created by Sigil Games Online and Sony Online EntertainmentMedal of Honor: Vanguard, a first person shooter game created by Electronic Arts for PlayStation 2 and WiiCardfight!! Vanguard a trading card gameVanguard, an organization in the computer game, The Longest JourneyVanguard, the droid partner of the Transformers toy, SideswipeVanguard, a variant of the collectible card game, Magic: The GatheringVanguard, a tank in Tanarus, a free online game made by Sony in 1997Vanguard, 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 universeVanguard, a group of characters in the video game, Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New WorldVanguard, a demon (opponent) in the game, Demon's SoulsCrystal Defenders: Vanguard Storm, a game that uses elements from Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the RiftVanguard Princess, a fighting game for WindowsVanguard, an item in DotaSkarner, The Crystal Vanguard, a Champion from the MMO Battle Arena Game "League of Legends"
Sports
Vanguard (horse), 1843 Grand National winnerAvangard Omsk, a Russian ice hockey team
Places
Vanguard, California, a community in the San Joaquin Valley, USAVanguard, Saskatchewan, Canada
Information Technology (IT)
Vanguard (microkernel), developed at Apple Computer
