In 2023, Ottignon certified the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) as a Special Operations Capable (SOC) MAGTF, which was a first for the Marine Corps in over a decade. Following this ...

He later deployed with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit as a commanding officer of Fox Company and joined Operation Sea Signal, a 1994 military response to Cuban and Haitian refugees seeking asylum.