In Yusef Komunyakaa's " Camouflaging the Chimera,"what is the significance of the chimera?

A Mythological Creature or The American soldiers are portrayed as beast-like.

It's one of those

The American Soldiers are portraied as the mithologycal beast, the Chimera.

Explanation:

The Chimera (Chímaira) is a hybrid being of Greek mythology with the ability to throw flames through its nose. It was also the sibling of Lerna's Hydra, Cerberus, and other mythological monsters.

The Chimera was a figure with the body of a lion, and three heads, one also of lion, one of goat and one of dragon. This scary monster still had a pair of wings and a tail, which was actually a snake's.

Though such an amazing monster, the Chimera was treated like a pet by the king of Caria, but one day she escaped and went to live on a Lycian mountain.