Scout

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Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article scout.

The term Scout originally referred to a soldier performing reconnaissance & support duties – in English it is used in many other contexts – including the following:

Contents 1 Aircraft 2 Automotive and rail 3 Professions 4 Land military 5 Space applications 6 Ships 7 Youth movement 8 Military units 9 Other 10 See also

[edit] Aircraft

• Scout (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

[edit] Automotive and rail

• International Harvester Scout
• Scout (train)

[edit] Professions

• Reconnaissance
• Scout (sport), a professional sports talent scout
• Scout.com, sports publishing company

[edit] Land military

• Military scout, soldier engaged in reconnaissance
• Scout rifle
• Steyr Scout, rifle

[edit] Space applications

• Scout (rocket family)
• Mars Scout Program

[edit] Ships

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Military units

• Traditional Apache scout
• U.S. Army Indian Scouts
• Lovat Scouts
• Philippine Scouts
• South Pacific Scouts
• Scout Sniper
• Grey's Scouts
• Selous Scouts

[edit] Other

• Scout Taylor-Compton
• Scout (comics)
• Scout (operating system)
• The Scout, a book by Steven Plaut
• The Scout, a speedy, baseball loving class in the team-based game Team Fortress 2
• Jean Louise Finch, nicknamed "Scout", the main character in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird

[edit] See also

• Guide (disambiguation)

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