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Encyclopedia > Vanguard
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Vanguard might refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...


Military

  • Vanguard, the forward elements of a military tactical formation advancing, or prepared to advance
  • HMS Vanguard, any of several Royal Navy ships
  • Vanguard class submarine of the Royal Navy
  • USNS Vanguard (T-AGM-19), the lead ship in a US Navy class

A formation is a high-level military organization, such as a Brigade, Division, Corps, Army or Army group. ... At least ten ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vanguard, meaning the forefront of an action or movement. ... The Vanguard class are the Royal Navys current nuclear ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), each armed with up to 16 Trident II SLBMs. ... The USNS Mission San Fernando was one of twenty-seven Mission Buenaventura Class fleet oilers built during World War II for service in the United States Navy, named for the Franciscan mission located in Los Angeles, California. ...

Transport

The name Vanguard had earlier been used on a civilian model of the Vickers Virginia bomber, other versions of the same aircraft being the Victoria and Valentia. ...

Space

  • Project Vanguard, an early U.S. civilian satellite launch project, which attempted to launch a satellite in 1957, and succeeded in 1958
    • Vanguard rocket, used in Project Vanguard
    • Vanguard 1 The second satellite launched by the United States, currently the oldest artificial object still in orbit.

Vanguard Rocket Project Vanguard was the name given to the first United States program that was commissioned to design and launch the first artificial satellite into Earth orbit. ... The Vanguard rocket is the first space launch vehicle of the United States. ... Vanguard 1 is the oldest artificial satellite still orbiting the earth, though there is no longer any communication with it. ...

Politics

A vanguard party is a political party or grassroot organization at the forefront of a mass action, movement, or revolution. ... The Vanguard Progressive Unionist Party, also known as the Vanguard Ulster Progressive Party (and several variations of word order), was a unionist political party which existed in Northern Ireland between 1973 and 1978. ... National Vanguard referes to three entities: National Vanguard (American organization) National Vanguard (publication) National Vanguard (Italy) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... White supremacy is the variety of white nationalism that believes the white race should rule over other races. ...

Business

  • Vanguard Aerospace, an FAA 145 Repair Station located in Waterford Wisconsin
  • 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
  • Vanguard Animation, a computer graphics/movie studio
  • Vanguard Press, Established with money out of the Garland Fund in 1926, established and maintained a reputation for publishing promising new fiction writers, as well as informed and challenging nonfiction. In the fall of 1988, Vanguard Press was sold to Random House. [1][2]

Vanguard Airlines flew for twelve years and was based in Kansas City. ... Vanguard is an American investment management company that offers mutual funds and other financial products and services to individual and institutional investors in the United States and abroad. ... Vanguard Records was a record label set up in 1950 by brothers Maynard and Seymour Solomon in New York. ... Computer animation studio. ...

Education

Address 7 Northwest 28th Street City Ocala, Florida Established 1969 Type Public secondary Principal David Ellers Enrollment 1743[1] Students Coeducational Grades 9 - 12 Accreditation Florida State Department of Education District Marion County School Board Mascot Knight Colors Red, White, and Blue Website Link Vanguard High School is one of... Vanguard College, formerly Northwest Bible College, is a degree-granting institution offering Christian education, located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ... Vanguard University of Southern California is located in Costa Mesa, California, USA at 55 Fair Drive, across the street from the Orange County Fairgrounds. ... Address 2517 Mt. ... Vance-Granville Community College (VGCC) is a community college in North Carolina serving Vance, Granville, Franklin, and Warren counties. ...

Newspapers

English Political Activist, Journalist & Chartist Leader George Julian Harney, the son of a seaman, was born in Deptford on 17th February, 1817. ... Name Buckingham Browne & Nichols Address 80 Gerrys Landing Road Town Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 B & N founded in 1883 Buckingham founded in 1889 B B & N merged in 1974 Type Private School Nickname BB&N Mascot Knight Colors Blue and Gold Motto Honestas, Litterae, Comitas (Honesty, Scholarship, and Kindness) Song... Puyallup High School is a high school in the Puyallup School District of Washington State. ... Cover of the Vanguard from February 10, 2006. ...

Comics and anime

  • Vanguard, a Russian Marvel Comics mutant.
  • Vanguard, an alien superhero once featured in the comic book of the same name and now occasionally seen in the Savage Dragon.
  • Vanguard, a science fiction themed sprite comic
  • Vanguard, a humanoid mecha (used by the male faction) in the anime Vandread
  • "About Vanguard", A comic based on the world of Telon in the MMO Vanguard: Saga of heros

Vanguard (Nicolai Krylenko) is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... Marvel Comics is an American comic book line published by Marvel Publishing, Inc. ... Vanguard is a fictional alien hero created by Gary Carlson and Erik Larsen for Carlsons self-published anthology Megaton. ... Cover to The Savage Dragon (original miniseries) #1. ... Vandread ) is an anime series directed by Takeshi Mori and created by GONZO and Media Factory animation studios. ...

Games and toys

  • Vanguard (arcade game) (1981), a shooter game, and sequel Vanguard II (1984)
  • Vanguard Bandits (2000), a tactical role-playing game
  • Vanguard: Saga of Heroes (2007), an MMORPG co-published by Sigil Games Online and Sony Online Entertainment.
  • Medal of Honor: Vanguard is a first person shooter created by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 2 and Wii
  • 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, a defensive item present in dota a custom game of Warcraft III the Frozen Throne
  • Vanguard, a system that is similar to our Sol System which hosts Vanguard III by Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
  • Vanguard is the name for a variant of Magic: The Gathering which uses character cards to alter the rules of play
  • Vanguard, the main battle tank of the New Conglomerate empire in the MMOFPS Planetside
  • Vanguard, On the MMOG Puzzle Pirates it is one of the most powerful Flags on the Viridian Ocean.
  • Vanguard, heavy assault trooper class for the Rebels in Star Wars: Battlefront II.

Vanguard (J: ヴァンガード) is a 1981 arcade game developed by SNK. The game is known as one of the first scrolling shooters ever made and is additionally notable by being the first shoot em up where a player can shoot in four directions. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Vanguard: Saga of Heroes is a high fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) in development by Sigil Games Online. ... An image from World of Warcraft, one of the largest commercial MMORPGs as of 2004, based on active subscriptions. ... Sigil Games Online, Inc. ... Wikipedia presents. ... It has been suggested that Electronic Arts Square be merged into this article or section. ... “PS2” redirects here. ... The Wii (pronounced as the pronoun we, IPA: ) is the fifth home video game console released by Nintendo. ... The Longest Journey (Den lengste reisen) 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, Belgium, Canada, Spain, Denmark, Finland, Sweden... Sideswipe (Lambor in Japan, Frérot in France, Freccia in Italy) is the name of three different characters in the Transformers Universes. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, released by Blizzard Entertainment in 2002, is a real-time strategy computer game // Overview An in-game screenshot of humans (blue) fighting orcs (red). ... Project Vanguard was the name of the United States program that was to have launched the first artificial satellite of the Earth. ... Magic: The Gathering (colloq. ...

Other uses

  • Santa Clara Vanguard, a Division I modern drum and bugle corps based in Santa Clara, California
  • Vanguard (synthesizer), a VSTi plug-in developed by reFX software
  • The Vanguards, a Norwegian rock band
  • Star Trek: Vanguard, a series of novels about a space station called Vanguard

This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. ... The Vanguards was a rock band from Oslo, Norway that debuted in 1961. ...

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