Warfighters are required to effectively perform under intense negative emotional states, and military training programs should be designed to prepare them for those conditions. Virtual Environment (VE) training is being leveraged to support this goal because it allows access to complex or dangerous environments. Although VE systems have successfully been used to enhance the affective experience (Insko, 2001), due to the individualized nature of emotional responses, it remains difficult to create training conditions that elicit a targeted emotional response across a wide range of trainees. To address this limitation, a series of emotional induction techniques (EITs) have been identified and consolidated into a framework, which also captures when and how each EIT should be employed in a VE to optimize training, both for individuals as well as teams. The Adaptive Framework For Emotionally Charged Training - Design and eXecution (AFFECT-D/X) framework uses these EITs to generate an appropriate lesson plan based on participant's real-time performance and emotional states to drive a desired emotional state while not overwhelming trainees. This paper outlines the challenges associated with influencing emotional state during VE training, outlines the advantages of leveraging an adaptive framework that takes into account emotional state and performance, and presents the results of two studies that demonstrate the effectiveness of leveraging EITs to create negative emotional states during VE training. In Study 1, 52 participants were evaluated to determine the effects of EITs on the presence and intensity of targeted emotions. The results demonstrated that EITs are effective at eliciting targeted emotional responses within VEs. Leveraging these validated EITs, a use case study was completed that demonstrated enhanced training transfer to a live exercise when EITs were used to create an adaptive, emotionally charged simulated training environment. Results presented are applicable to designers, developers and instructors focused on creating emotionally charged VE training.