Scout may refer to:
Youth movement
- Scout (Scouting), a child, usually 10âÂÂ18 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement
- Scouts (The Scout Association), section for 10-14 year olds in the United Kingdom
- Scouts BSA, section for 11 to 17 year olds in the United States of America
- Scouts (Baden-Powell Scouts' Association), section is open to both boys and girls between the ages of 10âÂÂ15 years, and are now formed into local Scout Troops
- Scouting, Scouting Movement or Scout Movement
- Traditional Scouting, a trend to return Scouting to traditional style and activities
- World Organization of the Scout Movement, the international body for Scout organisations
- The Scout Association, the national scout organisation for the United Kingdom
- Scouting (magazine), a publication of Scouting America
Military uses
Units
United States
- Blazer's Scouts, a unit who conducted irregular warfare during the American Civil War
- United States Army Indian Scouts, Native Americans who were active in the American West in the late 19thâÂÂearly 20th centuries
- Apache Scouts, part of the United States Army Indian Scouts, who performed most of their service during the Apache Wars
- Cavalry scout, a reconnaissance specialist in the United States Army
- Philippine Scouts, a military organization of the United States Army from 1901 to 1948
- South Pacific Scouts, a jungle warfare unit formed during World War II from Fijians and Solomon Islanders
- Scout Sniper, a reconnaissance specialist in the U.S. Marine Corps
United Kingdom and Commonwealth
- Lovat Scouts, a Scottish Highland yeomanry regiment of the British Army in the Second Boer War
- Grey's Scouts, a Rhodesian mounted infantry unit raised in 1975
- Selous Scouts, a special forces regiment of the Rhodesian Army from 1973 to 1980
India
- Ladakh Scouts, an Indian Army high mountain and border security regiment specialized for the Ladakh region
- Arunachal Scouts, an Indian Army high mountain regiment specialized for the state of Arunachal Pradesh
- Sikkim Scouts, an Indian Army regiment specialized for the state of Sikkim
Pakistan
All are internal security and border forces in Pakistan
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- Scout (aircraft), pre-1920s (British) terminology for a single-seat fighter
- Scout plane, a type of shipborne surveillance aircraft
- Scout rifle, a class of general-purpose rifles
- Steyr Scout, a modern scoped bolt-action rifle manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher
- AD Scout, a fighter aircraft designed to defend Britain from Zeppelin bombers during World War I
- IAI Scout, an unmanned air vehicle used by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1982 Lebanon War
- Westland Scout, British military helicopter
- HMS Scout, the name of various British Royal Navy ships
- USS Scout, the name of various United States Navy ships
- Ajax (armoured vehicle), formerly Scout SV, an armoured fighting vehicle
Occupations
Transportation
Aircraft
Other transportation
Arts and entertainment
- Scout (1987 film), a 1987 British television film by Frank McGuinness in the anthology series ScreenPlay
- Scout (comics), a comic book series by Timothy Truman, first published in 1985
- Scout, a playable class type in the 2007 video game Team Fortress 2
- Scout trooper, a soldier of the Galactic Empire in Star Wars
Other uses
See also