Scout may refer to:

Youth movement

Scout (Scouting) A Scout, Boy Scout, Girl Scout or, in some countries, a Pathfinder is a participant in the Scout Movement, usually aged 10–18 years, who engage in learning scoutcraft and outdoor and other special interest activities. Some Scout organization ...

, a child, usually 10–18 years of age, participating in the worldwide Scouting movement ** Scouts (The Scout Association), section for 10-14 year olds in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

** Scouts BSA, section for 11 to 17 year olds in the

United States of America The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguo ...

** Scouts (Baden-Powell Scouts' Association), section is open to both boys and girls between the ages of 10–15 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

*Scout, to perform reconnaissance

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 19th–early 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 The South Pacific Scouts were a jungle warfare unit formed during World War II from Fijians and Solomon Islanders. They participated in the American landings at New Georgia in 1943.Jackson, Ashley ''The British Empire and the Second World War'' ...

, 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

* Gilgit Baltistan Scouts, an internal security and border force in Pakistan * Bajaur Scouts * Chitral Scouts

Equipment

Scout (aircraft) The term scout, as a description of a class of military aircraft, came into use shortly before the First World War, and initially referred to a fast (for its time), light (usually single-seated) unarmed reconnaissance aircraft. "Scout" types w ...

, pre-1920s (British) terminology for a single-seat fighter *

Scout plane A scout is a type of United States Navy aircraft whose name derives from the scout cruisers used by the US Navy for similar roles, including screening (escorting) the fleet against enemy forces and was often combined with other roles, such as art ...

, a type of shipborne surveillance aircraft *

Scout rifle The scout rifle is a conceptual class of general-purpose rifles defined and promoted by Jeff Cooper in the early 1980s that bears similarities in the design and functionality of guide guns, mountain rifles, and other rifle archetypes, but with m ...

, 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

* Scout (association football), attends football matches to collect intelligence * Scout (sport), a professional sports talent-scout * Scout or bedder, a domestic assistant at Oxford University

Transportation

Aircraft

* Aeronca K Scout, an American light airplane first marketed in 1937 * Aeryon Scout, a small reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed and built in Canada * American Champion Scout, a two-seat, high-wing, single-engined airplane that entered production in the U.S. in 1974 * Eagles Wing Scout, an American powered parachute * Tennessee Propellers Scout, an American powered parachute design

Other transportation

* Scout (autonomous boat), an autonomous boat designed to complete a transatlantic crossing * ''Scout'' (train), a passenger train of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, inaugurated in 1916 * Scout Motor Services, absorbed into Ribble Motor Services, both former bus operators in North West England * International Scout, an off-road vehicle which was produced from 1961 to 1980 * Scout (automobile), a planned electric vehicle brand owned by Volkswagen Group

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''

Other uses

* Scout (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name ''Scout'' * Scout (operating system), at the University of Arizona * Scout (rocket family), American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth * Scout (travel website), a travel website * Scout.com, a sports publishing company * Mars Scout Program, a U.S. initiative to send a series of small, low-cost robotic missions to Mars * Scout, an education toy line of LeapFrog Enterprises * Scout (Dutch parliament), an appointed role following a Dutch parliamentary election to assist in the formation of a new government