Big Cheese,
Just get stuck in. Anyway, you'll be too busy dealing with the bitching from the troops to have the time to worry about yourself! And the times you'll be f#cked about will be the times you look back on most fondly. And when it all gets too bad, look in the mirror, grit your teeth and say 'They can't crack me, I'm a rubber duck.'.
Per Ardua.
(Of course, its far easier now than it was in my day)