Multinational Engineer Battalion Tisa

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| {{native name|uk|{{small|Багатонаціональний Інженерний Батальйон “Тиса”}}|fontsize=75%}}

| {{native name|hu|{{small|"Tisza" Többnemzeti Műszaki Zászlóalj}}|fontsize=75%}}

| {{native name|ro|{{small|Batalionului Multinaţional de Geniu "Tisa"}}|fontsize=75%}}

| {{native name|sk|{{small|Mnohonárodný Ženijný Рrápor "Tisa"}}|fontsize=75%}}

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| image= Tisa patch s.png

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|caption= Sleeve patch of the Battalion.

|dates= November 15, 2002

|country= Ukraine, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia

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|branch= Land Forces

|type= Engineer Battalion

|role= Response to natural disasters

|size= 703{{cite web|title=TISA Battalion: Lead Nation Role Transferred|url=http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-defence/news/tisa-battalion-lead-nation-role-transferred|work=Ministry of Defence of Hungary|accessdate=8 August 2013}}

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|garrison= Hajdúhadház Vynohradiv{{cite web|title=How is the reform of the army?|url=http://vynohradiv.info/component/content/article/1291|work=Vynohradiv.Info|last=Tkach|first=Lyubov|accessdate=8 August 2013|language=uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318215040/http://vynohradiv.info/component/content/article/1291|archive-date=18 March 2014|url-status=dead}}
Satu Mare{{cite web|title=History of the 52nd Engineering Battalion "TISA"|url=http://www.bg10ge.forter.ro/istoric%20batalionul%2052ge.html|work=10th Engineer Brigade|accessdate=8 August 2013|language=ro}} Sereď{{cite web|title=Training and exercises|url=http://www.zpr.mil.sk/1070/|accessdate=13 August 2013|language=sl}}

|nickname= Tisza, Tisa

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|equipment=6 PTS-2

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Multinational Engineer Battalion Tisa ({{langx|uk|Багатонаціональний Інженерний Батальйон “Тиса”}}, {{langx|hu|"Tisza" Többnemzeti Műszaki Zászlóalj}}, {{langx|ro|Batalionului Multinaţional de Geniu "Tisa"}}, {{langx|sk|Mnohonárodný Ženijný Рrápor "Tisa"}}) is an engineering unit intended to quickly respond to flooding and other natural disasters in the Carpathian Region. Initial idea for creation of such unit was voiced by Ukraine in December 1998. Battalion was created on November 15, 2002 after Heads of General Staff of Hungarian, Romanian, Slovak and Ukrainian Armed Forces signed the Technical Arrangement on Implementation of Intergovernmental Agreement on Multinational Engineer Battalion Tisa in Budapest.{{cite web|title=Ukrainian militaries participate in Light Avalanche 2012 multinational exercis|url=http://www.mil.gov.ua/index.php?lang=en&part=news&sub=read&id=25714|work=Ministry of Defence of Ukraine|accessdate=8 August 2013}} The name comes from river Tisza.

Annual exercise is held by participating nations, who take turns hosting the exercise. Exercise is held under the name Light Avalanche. First exercise was held in Ukraine in 2002 as Tysa-2002.{{cite web|title=PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EXERCISES|url=http://www.mil.gov.ua/index.php?part=international_exercises&lang=en|work=Ministry of Defence of Ukraine|accessdate=8 August 2013}}{{cite journal |title=Exercise of Multinational Battalion Tisa |year=2002 |journal=Uryadovy Kuryer |volume=86 |issue=2257 |page=1|language=uk}}

class="wikitable" !Host nation !Years in which exercise took place

Hungary |2003, 2007, 2011

Romania |2004, 2008, 2012

Slovakia |2005, 2009, 2013

Ukraine |2002, 2006, 2010, 2014