Vanguard
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Vanguard can mean:
- 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.
- 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 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)
- Vanguard: Saga of Heroes is a massively multiplayer role-playing game
See avant-garde for a metaphorical use of this term, meaning new or experimental cultural and artistic movements.
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