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) Scouts, often referred to as the Scout section to differentiate itself from the wider movement and its parent organisation, is a section of Scouting run by The Scout Association for ten and a half to fourteen year old young people. The section ...

, 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 Scouts BSA (known as Boy Scouts until 2019) is the flagship program and membership level of Scouting America Scouting America is the largest scouting organization and one of the largest List of youth organizations, youth organizations i ...

, 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) As with Scouts in The Scout Association, the Scout section of the BPSA is the direct descendant of the original Scout Patrols which formed in the United Kingdom in 1908. The section is open to both boys and girls between the ages of 10–15 years ...

, 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 or the Scout Movement is a youth social movement, movement which became popularly established in the first decade of the twentieth century. It follows the Scout method of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activi ...

, Scouting Movement or Scout Movement **

Traditional Scouting Traditional Scouting is "old-fashioned" or "back to basics" Scouting in some form, often with an emphasis on woodcraft and scoutcraft activities. As a pluralist movement, there is no one set definition for the term, but most traditionalists share ...

, a trend to return Scouting to traditional style and activities **

World Organization of the Scout Movement The World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM ) is the largest and, after the Order of World Scouts (formed in 1911), is the second-oldest international organization in the Scout Movement, having been established in 1922. It has 176 members. ...

, the international body for Scout organisations **

The Scout Association The Scout Association is the largest organisation in the Scout Movement in the Scouting in the United Kingdom, United Kingdom. Following the rapid development of the Scouting, Scout Movement from 1907, The Scout Association was formed in 1910 ...

, the national scout organisation for the United Kingdom * ''Scouting'' (magazine), a publication of Scouting America

Military uses

*Scout, to perform

reconnaissance In military operations, military reconnaissance () or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enemy forces, the terrain, and civil activities in the area of operations. In military jargon, reconnai ...

Units

United States

Blazer's Scouts Blazer's Scouts was a Scout Dragoon unit of the Union Army during the second half of the American Civil War. They were particularly active in tracking down and confronting Confederate States Army Partisan (military), partisans and guerrillas in We ...

, a unit who conducted irregular warfare during the American Civil War *

United States Army Indian Scouts Native Americans have made up an integral part of U.S. military conflicts since America's beginning. Colonists recruited Indian allies during such instances as the Pequot War from 1634–1638, the Revolutionary War, as well as in War of 1812. ...

, Native Americans who were active in the American West in the late 19th–early 20th centuries **

Apache Scouts The Apache Scouts were part of the United States Army Indian Scouts. Most of their service was during the Apache Wars, between 1849 and 1886, though the last scout retired in 1947. The Apache scouts were the eyes and ears of the United States mil ...

, part of the United States Army Indian Scouts, who performed most of their service during the Apache Wars *

Cavalry scout Cavalry Scout is the job title of someone who has achieved the military occupational specialty of 19D Armored Reconnaissance Specialist in the Combat Arms branch of the United States Army. As with all enlisted soldiers in the United States Caval ...

, a reconnaissance specialist in the United States Army *

Philippine Scouts The Philippine Scouts ( Filipino: ''Maghahanap ng Pilipinas''/''Hukbong Maghahanap ng Pilipinas'') was a military organization of the United States Army from 1901 until after the end of World War II. These troops were generally Filipinos and ...

, 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 United States Marine Corps Scout Sniper ( MOS 0317, formerly 8541) was a secondary MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) designator of U.S. Marine Corps infantrymen and reconnaissance Marines that have graduated from a U.S. Marine Corps Scout Sn ...

, a reconnaissance specialist in the U.S. Marine Corps

United Kingdom and Commonwealth

Lovat Scouts The Lovat Scouts was a British Army unit first formed during the Second Boer War as a Scottish Highland yeomanry regiment. They were the first known military unit to wear a ghillie suit, and were renowned for their elite reconnaissance capabili ...

, a Scottish Highland yeomanry regiment of the British Army in the Second Boer War *

Grey's Scouts Grey's Scouts were a Rhodesian mounted infantry unit raised in July 1975 and named after George Grey, a British soldier and governor. Based in Salisbury (now Harare) it patrolled Rhodesia's borders during the Rhodesian Bush War, and then became a ...

, a Rhodesian mounted infantry unit raised in 1975 *

Selous Scouts The Selous Scouts was a special forces unit of the Rhodesian Army that operated during the Rhodesian Bush War from 1973 until the reconstitution of the country as Zimbabwe in 1980. It was mainly responsible for infiltrating the black majority ...

, a special forces regiment of the Rhodesian Army from 1973 to 1980

India

Ladakh Scouts The Ladakh Scouts is a mountain infantry regiment of the Indian Army, nicknamed as the "Snow Warriors" or "Snow Leopards". The regiment specializes in cold-weather warfare and mountain warfare, long-range penetration, maneuver warfare, raiding w ...

, an Indian Army high mountain and border security regiment specialized for the Ladakh region *

Arunachal Scouts The Arunachal Scouts is a mountain infantry regiment of the Indian army based in Arunachal Pradesh. This unit specializes in cold-weather warfare and mountain warfare, counterinsurgency, jungle warfare, long-range penetration, maneuver warfare, r ...

, an Indian Army high mountain regiment specialized for the state of Arunachal Pradesh *

Sikkim Scouts The Sikkim Scouts is a regiment of the Indian Army based in and recruited from the state of Sikkim. Raised in 2013 and made operational in 2015, it is the newest Indian Army regiment. The regiment was formed along the lines of the Ladakh Scou ...

, an Indian Army regiment specialized for the state of Sikkim

Pakistan

Gilgit Baltistan Scouts The Gilgit−Baltistan Scouts are a federal paramilitary force in Pakistan, tasked with internal security in the nominally autonomous territory of Gilgit-Baltistan and border guard duties. The force was formed in 2003 under the control of the ...

, an internal security and border force in Pakistan *

Bajaur Scouts The Bajaur Scouts is a paramilitary regiment of the Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North) of Pakistan, recruited locally in Bajaur District and officered by regular Pakistan Army officers. The Scouts were previously the Bajaur Levies, a ...

Chitral Scouts The Chitral Scouts (''CS'') (), also known as Chitral Levies, originally raised in 1903 as the militia of the princely state of Chitral, is now part of the Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (North) of Pakistan. They are recruited mostly from ...

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 The Steyr Scout () is an Austrian bolt-action rifle manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher, and chambered primarily for 7.62 NATO ( .308 Winchester), although other caliber options in 5.56×45mm NATO ( .223 Remington), .243 Winchester, 6.5 Creedmoo ...

, a modern scoped bolt-action rifle manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher *

AD Scout The AD Scout (also known as the Sparrow) was designed by Harris Booth of the British Admiralty's Air Department as a fighter aircraft to defend Britain from Zeppelin bombers during World War I. Design and development The Scout was a very unc ...

, a fighter aircraft designed to defend Britain from Zeppelin bombers during World War I *

IAI Scout The IAI Scout (known in Israel under its Hebrew name זהבן - " Oriole") is a reconnaissance unmanned air vehicle developed in Israel in the 1970s by Israel Aircraft Industries as a competitor to the Tadiran Mastiff. The project was led by ...

, an unmanned air vehicle used by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1982 Lebanon War *

Westland Scout The Westland Scout is a light helicopter developed by Westland Helicopters. Developed from the Saro P.531, it served as a land-based general purpose military helicopter, sharing a common ancestor and numerous components with the naval-orientat ...

, 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) The Ajax, formerly known as the Scout SV (Specialist Vehicle), is a group of armoured fighting vehicles developed by General Dynamics UK for the British Army. It has suffered serious development and production difficulties. The Ajax is a devel ...

, formerly Scout SV, an armoured fighting vehicle

Occupations

Scout (association football) A football scout attends football matches on the behalf of clubs to collect intelligence on young players. Typically, there are two types of scouts: player scouts and tactical scouts. Player scouts or physical scouts evaluate the talent of footba ...

, attends football matches to collect intelligence *

Scout (sport) In professional sports, scouts are experienced talent evaluators who travel extensively for the purposes of watching athletes play their chosen sports, and they determine whether their set of skills and talents represent what is needed by the s ...

, a professional sports talent-scout * Scout or

bedder The term "bedder" is short for "bedmaker" and is the official term for a housekeeper in a college of the University of Cambridge. The equivalent at the University of Oxford is known as a "scout". The equivalent at Trinity College, Dublin was know ...

, a domestic assistant at Oxford University

Transportation

Aircraft

Aeronca K The Aeronca Model K Scout is an American light airplane first marketed in 1937, and was the true successor to the popular Aeronca C-2, C-2/Aeronca C-3, C-3 line. Design In January 1937, Aeronca unveiled the Model K, a replacement for the company ...

Scout, an American light airplane first marketed in 1937 *

Aeryon Scout Aeryon Labs is a Canadian developer and manufacturer of miniature unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) headquartered in Waterloo, Ontario. Founded in 2007, it is a subsidiary of Denver, Colorado based company FLIR Systems. The company has produced a v ...

, a small reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed and built in Canada *

American Champion Scout The 8GCBC Scout is a two-seat, high-wing, single-engined fixed conventional gear general aviation airplane that entered production in the United States in 1974. Designed for personal and commercial use, it is commonly found in utility roles su ...

, a two-seat, high-wing, single-engined airplane that entered production in the U.S. in 1974 *

Eagles Wing Scout The Eagles Wing Scout is an American powered parachute that was designed and produced by Eagles Wing Corporation of Normandy, Tennessee. Now out of production, when it was available the aircraft was supplied as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft.Ber ...

, an American powered parachute *

Tennessee Propellers Scout The Tennessee Propellers Scout is an American powered parachute that was designed and produced by Tennessee Propellers of Normandy, Tennessee. The aircraft was introduced in 1999, but is no longer available.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Sho ...

, an American powered parachute design

Other transportation

Scout (autonomous boat) Scout is an autonomous robotic boat designed to complete the first autonomous transatlantic crossing. The project was started by Tiverton students Dylan Rodriguez and Max Kramers in 2010 with the goal of creating an autonomous craft to make the jo ...

, 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 Ribble Motor Services was a large regional bus operator in North West England based in Preston, Lancashire, Preston. History Ribble Motor Services commenced operations in May 1919 following the acquisition of a depot consisting of four double ...

, both former bus operators in North West England *

International Scout The International Scout is an off-road vehicle produced by International Harvester from 1960 to 1980. A precursor of more sophisticated SUVs to come, it was created as a competitor to the Jeep, and it initially featured a fold-down windshield. ...

, an off-road vehicle which was produced from 1961 to 1980 *

Scout (automobile) Scout Motors Inc. is an American automotive startup company. Founded in 2022, it is backed by German manufacturer Volkswagen Group and a member of the Volkswagen Group companies. Volkswagen AG obtained the Scout brand after acquiring American tr ...

, 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 ''Team Fortress 2'' (''TF2'') is a Multiplayer video game, multiplayer first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve Corporation in 2007. It is the sequel to the 1996 ''Team Fortress'' Mod (video gaming), mod for ''Quake (video g ...

Other uses

Scout (name) Scout may refer to: Actual people: * Scout Durwood, American performer * Scout Niblett, English singer-songwriter * Scout Taylor-Compton, American actress * Scout Tufankjian, Armenian-American photojournalist Fictional characters: * Scout Finch H ...

, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name ''Scout'' * Scout (operating system), at the University of Arizona *

Scout (rocket family) The Scout family of rockets were American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth. The Scout multistage rocket was the first orbital launch vehicle to be entirely composed of solid fuel stages. It was also t ...

, American launch vehicles designed to place small satellites into orbit around the Earth *

Scout (travel website) Scout, formerly Goby, is a travel website which launched in September 2009. The site searches selected databases and other sources of information on the web, focused on 400 categories of things to do while traveling. Signed-in users may also sha ...

, a travel website * Scout.com, a sports publishing company *

Mars Scout Program Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. It is also known as the "Red Planet", because of Mars surface color, its orange-red appearance. Mars is a desert-like rocky planet with a tenuous carbon dioxide () Atmosphere of Mars, atmosphere. At ...

, a U.S. initiative to send a series of small, low-cost robotic missions to Mars * Scout, an education toy line of

LeapFrog Enterprises LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. is an educational entertainment and electronics company based in Emeryville, California. LeapFrog designs, develops, and markets technology-based learning products and related content for the education of children f ...

Scout (Dutch parliament) The formation of a Dutch cabinet is the process of government formation of a Dutch cabinet, consisting of ministers and state secretaries. Most cabinet formations take place after elections for the House of Representatives, but these can also ...

, an appointed role following a Dutch parliamentary election to assist in the formation of a new government