Lots of new joiners over the last five years have given up commands to join VS, plus the odd few who claimed to have commands but didn't.
Like what has been said before; leave your ego to one side. Regardless of what you've done before, you'll wear two stripes on your shoulder and be bottom of the seniority list. If you can get over that, then you're probably well-suited to the position. If not, maybe rethink about applying.