Scout

A scout is a soldier performing reconnaissance and other support duties.

Scout may also refer to:

Aircraft

• Scout (aircraft), pre-1920s (British) terminology for a single-seat fighter
• Scout plane, post-1920s/modern usage for reconnaissance or surveillance aircraft.
• AD Scout British naval aircraft
• Aeronca K Scout
• American Champion Scout
• IAI Scout, an unmanned air vehicle used by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1982 Lebanon War.
• Westland Scout British helicopter
• Aeryon Scout, a micro UAV

Automotive and rail

• International Harvester Scout
• Scout (train)

Professions

• a domestic assistant at Oxford University: see bedder
• Reconnaissance
• Scout (sport), a professional sports talent-scout
• Scout.com, a sports-publishing company

Land military

• Scout rifle
• Steyr Scout, rifle

Space applications

• Scout (rocket family)
• Mars Scout Program

Ships

• HMS Scout, the name of various British Royal Navy ships
• USS Scout, the name of various United States Navy ships

Youth movement

• A Scout is a member of a Scouting organization. There are thousands of national Scouting organizations or federations; these are grouped into six international Scouting associations with some non-aligned organizations:
  • Confédération Européenne de Scoutisme
  • Order of World Scouts
  • Union Internationale des Guides et Scouts d′Europe
  • World Federation of Independent Scouts
  • World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
    • List of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts members
  • World Organization of the Scout Movement
    • List of World Organization of the Scout Movement members
  • List of non-aligned Scouting organizations

Military units

• Scout Sniper
• Cavalry Scout
• Grey's Scouts
• Lovat Scouts
• Philippine Scouts
• Selous Scouts
• South Pacific Scouts
• Traditional Apache scout
• United States Army Indian Scouts

Other

• Scout (comics)
• Scout (operating system)
• Scout Taylor-Compton
• The Scout (film), a 1994 film
• SCOUT, a band that performed their song "State of Main" and bespoke music (in the role of The Miami Relatives) on The Sopranos episodes filmed at The Crazy Horse, e.g., "The Telltale Moozadell"
• "Scout", the nickname of Jean Louise Finch, the main character in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird
• Scout, a subsidiary of Ribble Motor Services. In later years (mid 1970's onwards), the computing services bureau of the company.
• Scout, a slang term at the University of Oxford for a college servant or waiter
• Scout Toys, an education toy line of LeapFrog Enterprises
• The Scout, a book by Steven Plaut
• The Scout, a speedy, baseball loving class in the team-based game Team Fortress 2
• Toy Scouts, an all-female regiment in the Army of Toy Soldiers, the fan club of musician and Internet personality Doctor Steel

See also

• Guide (disambiguation)