PMCI September 2015 | Page 28

pmcimagazine.com LANDCAMO For some years it’s been my great pleasure to be in communication with Brane T Cervek, the man behind the striking and innovative family of Landcamo camouflage patterns. Brane’s story has been one of sheer persistence in bringing his first rate offerings to the table. Brane T. Cervek is the leader and instructor of SSFN – SCHOOL OF SURVIVAL FROM NATURE – SPECIAL FORCES TRAINING, and has been working professionally for 25 years, initially in the military field and more recently with the civilian market. His journey with camouflage & concealment started with the experiences he had surviving and working in dangerous places around the world. All of the patterns he has created are based on the knowledge and experience that he gained during a lifetime of adventure. Thanks to the initiative of the Australian government’s organization “Department for Aboriginal Affairs, South Australia” he visited and researched the culture and life of native people of Australia. For two years he lived among the native Aborigines and was the first European to be adopted by the tribes Ngarinyin, Wororra, Wunambul in the Kimberleys WA. He also carried out all the demanding survival tests in the wilderness to be awarded the certificate “Certified Nature Survival Instructor”. As the only representative of this kind in Europe, he has used his knowledge and experience around the 28