Name:     Michael William Koberstein	Profession:    Lieutenant New Zealand Intelligence Corps
Relationship: New Zealand Kobersteins	Country:     New Zealand
New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration[edit] New Zealand Defence ForceGroup Lieutenant Michael William KOBERSTEIN, New Zealand Intelligence Corps, of Auckland. Captain Michael William KOBERSTEIN of the New Zealand Army Intelligence corps was awarded the Distinguished Service Decoration in the New Zealand Queens Birthday Honours list of 7th june 2010 for service in Afghanistan. Lieutenant Michael William Koberstein New Zealand Intelligence Corps Lieutenant Koberstein (in the rank of Acting Captain), deployed to Afghanistan from April to October 2009 as Intelligence Officer for the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team based in Bamiyan. During this tour, the contingent were faced with the highest operational tempo and largest insurgent threat experienced by a deployment to Bamiyan to date. Against this background, he strove to improve intelligence collection plans, data bases and operational security procedures. He formed a highly productive professional relationship with key members of the Afghan Security Forces and obtained information that was crucial in saving the lives of both New Zealanders and Afghan nationals. He also developed accurate and detailed information databases. These proved valuable in the collation of evidence against suspected insurgents. His initial collection of information played a critical part in establishing the prosecution case against another person suspected of carrying out acts of insurgency in the province. New Zealand DISTINGUISHED SERVICE DECORATION - ARMY Journal by ngairedith the following is a list of men who served with the Army and who received the DISTINGUISHED SERVICE DECORATION AIR FORCE KOBERSTEIN Michael William, Lieutenant, New Zealand Intelligence Corps http://www.army.mil.nz/downloads/pdf/army-news/13sept2010armynews413.pdf A soldier and four Army officers were presented with their Queens Birthday Honours by the Governor General Sir Anand Satyanand recently. Corporal Matt Pearce, Lieutenant Blake Herbert, Lieutenant Michael Koberstein, Major Simon Marriot and Major Brendan Wood received the New Zealand Distinguished Service Decoration (DSD). Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas Gillard, who is based in the United Kingdom, was made an Additional Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queens Birthday Honours.